Michael Bolton (not THAT Michael Bolton) is a young man with a secret....his father (Grant Mitchell) is in prison for murder. While it makes no sense at all, once Michael's fellow college buddies find out, he quits school and goes to work.
Soon after this, the father is released from prison and returns to his home town...and is able to see his son for the first time in 18 years. But the son is embarrassed by his father and wants little to do with him...which is odd, as everyone in town who knew the father seem happy to see him. Apparently, they really sympathized with the man and felt his killing the other fellow must have been justified....but such is NOT the case with his son. What's next? Well, some money disappears and the son assumes his father is responsible.
While the story is quite interesting and unusual, this B-movie is impaired at the outset because Phillips Holmes is rather poor in his role as the son. He comes off as rather whiny and weak. I've seen him do better work in later films...but here he seems only fair at best. It also isn't helped by making the 'mystery' near the end not so difficult to figure out.... I found myself guessing the truth almost immediately.
