A real screamer. Paul Newman is alcoholic former athlete fighting with his unloving father and his wife (Elizabeth Taylor). He won't sleep with Liz because of the death of Scooter, his buddy, which he blames on her. Weird plot--she sort of seduces Scooter to get Paul Newman (Brick) to see that his good friend isn't so good, but then changes her mind and doesn't sleep with him. (!?) Scooter then calls Paul Newman who hangs up on him--what a phone call I was thinking of sleeping with your wife and --. After Newman hangs up, Scooter jumps out the window. (All off screen.) At the end, Newman reconciles with both Dad and Liz, deigning to sleep with her. Ha! What a sacrifice!
Weakest. Tommy is in prison. His son, Ryan, is now 17. Catherine the cop's sister, Clare, takes Ryan to visit Tommy in prison, without telling Catherine. Not good. Sisters have a break when Catherine finds out. Plot two: PE teacher, abusive to wife. She is getting drugs from local Indian/Pakistani pharmacist. Husband finds out and has wife arrested! Pharmacist worried . . . plots to kill husband. Wife agrees, then changes her mind. Pharmacist in a rage kills her. (All a bit of a stretch, as he is a mild mannered family man.) Tommy escapes from his court hearing, hides out, gets in touch with Ryan. Plan is to go to Marabella, Spain together. Tommy's "helpers" get worried about Tommy and decide to do him in. Instead, he kills them . . . and is knifed himself. He returns to Catherine's house, looks through a photo album showing Catherine took good care of Ryan, and decides not to kill her....
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