When Joey, a prisoner on the run, takes Reginald, an accountant, as his hostage, he gets more than he bargained for.

Pinry is a museum curator who works by day. Bernard is a greyhound racing photographer who works by night. Newlyweds Pinry and Bernard meet on the weekends to do the washing, go shopping and watch old footage from their wedding day.

Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—has for him.

Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to possess their voices. Despite the defense lawyer's concerns that the killer is not fit to stand trial, the US military presses forward with the case and its desire to have the killer executed in order to strengthen the shaky alliance.