A heavyweight boxing champion travels to Russia to do a commercial and he is framed for drug smuggling and sent to prison where he does battle with an inmate.
A journalist in Los Angeles befriends a homeless musician who studied at Juilliard for two years before his schizophrenia reduced him to living on the streets.
In prison for driving intoxicated, a former pro football player is approached by the warden to form a team of convicts to play the guards in a friendly match.
Future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall fights racism and Anti-Semitism as he defends a black chauffeur charged with assaulting his socialite employer.
In the midst of a rioting city, a nurse runs a secret hotel that serves as an emergency hospital for its criminal members, who refuse to follow the rules.
A 12-year-old drug dealer lives with his aunt and a string of cousins in the projects, and as he observes the misery and violence around him, he vows to escape.