Murder In The First

Based on the powerful true story, Murder in the First follows the uplifting and extraordinary relationship between two young men. An Alcatraz convict (Kevin Bacon) and a principled young attorney (Christian Slater) change each others lives as they change history. An emotionally rich tale, it charts one mans descent into inhumanity and another mans determination to retrieve him and reveal the unspeakable brutality of his imprisonment. The unlikely friendship that forms between the idealistic and privileged lawyer and the troubled, deeply withdrawn convict leads to a dramatic struggle marking the beginning of the end of Alcatraz as a penal institution.