Murder In The First

The prisoner had no hope. His lawyer had no chance. Yet together they triumphed over America’s most famous and feared prison. Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon and Gary Oldman star in Murder In the First, the compelling fact-based story of the trial that shut down the dungeons of Alcatraz. In a hauntingly memorable performance, Bacon plays Henri Young, a convict doing time on The Rock. His crime” heisting $5 for his starving sister. His fate” worse than death. He’s confined to the dungeons after a failed escape - an isolation lasting three mind-shattering years. When Henri at last emerges from the total darkness, he’s confused, savage, barely human; and he immediately murders the stoolie who ratted on his escape. It’s an open-andshut case of Murder One. But a resolute attorney (Slater) has another option. He and soul-wrecked Henri will put Alcatraz and its sadistic associate warden (Oldman) on trail.