Young lawyer, Thurgood Marshall travels to conservative Connecticut when wealthy socialite Eleanor Strubing accuses Black chauffeur Joseph Spell of sexual assault and attempted murder. He soon teams up with Sam Friedman, a local Jewish lawyer who's never handled a criminal case. The two men build a defense while contending with racist and anti-Semitic views from those who deem Spell to be guilty.
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Young lawyer, Thurgood Marshall travels to conservative Connecticut when wealthy socialite Eleanor Strubing accuses Black chauffeur Joseph Spell of sexual assault and attempted murder. He soon teams up with Sam Friedman, a local Jewish lawyer who's never handled a criminal case. The two men build a defense while contending with racist and anti-Semitic views from those who deem Spell to be guilty.
