Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn’t want to get involved, fearing they might be blamed, because she was white, but do so anyway. Almost immediately everyone suspects they are to blame. When Hester’s politically influential mother Doris finds out what really happened, she fearing a scandal, forces her daughter to blame the men who rescued her, of raping and beating her. It’s up to detective Curt Maddox, to find out what really happened, and their Hawaiian lawyer to do the impossible. Convince a white court of law, that they are innocent.
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Kris Kristofferson
Curt Maddox
Jane Alexander
Doris Ashley
Sean Young
Lenore Bergman
José Ferrer
Walter Bergman
Susan Blakely
Marie Farrell
David Clennon
Phillip Murray
George Coe
Dr. Lansing
Richard Dysart
Harvey Koster
Elizabeth Lindsey
Sarah
Haunani Minn
Princess Luahine
William Russ
Lloyd Murdoch
James Saito
Halehone
Matt Salinger
Bryce Parker
Madeleine Stowe
Hester Ashley Murdoch
Arthur Rosenberg
Sergeant Jack Keller
