Duration: 155mins
Content: John Kelso is a young writer from New York who has been sent to Savannah on behalf of Town and Country magazine to cover a very prestigious Christmas party-This elegant, lavish and stylish event is given each year by Jim Williams, one of Savannah's most prominent and colorful citizens.
In a sequence of events set in motion following his courtly Christmas party, Jim Williams is arrested for murder. Claiming self-defense, Williams has shot and killed his live-in lover, Billy Hanson, who, it seems, had a history of irrational, often violent behavior.
Williams, now jailed, sets up his office in his cell and calmly continues to do business. He is certain that a jury of his peers, aware of Billy Hanson's explosive, unconventional behavior, will find Williams innocent on the grounds of self-defense.
John Kelso hears and sees. Through the flamboyant chatter a
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