Kiefer Sutherland plays Denver Bayliss, a condemned murderer who has killed three people, including a prison guard. He was brought into the system as a juvenile delinquent and never got out. Now he is awaiting execution. Forest Whitaker stars as Fred Whitmore, a death row prison guard who runs into trouble when he refuses to take part in the brutally abusive tactics of the guards. However, something about Denver haunts Fred Whitmore, and the two men form an unexpected friendship that transforms their lives.

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Cast

Kiefer Sutherland

Denver Bayliss

Forest Whitaker

Fred Whitmore

Clancy Brown

Lt. Lionel McMannis

Lynne Moody

Hope Whitmore

Amanda Plummer

Lillian Burke

Kathleen Quinlan

Kathy Rubicek

Cameron Dye

1st Inmate

Tony T. Johnson

Darrell Whitmore

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Kranski (as Gary Cervantes)

Dom Magwili

1st Guard

Mike Gomez

2nd Guard

Edward Bunker

Chess Player