Lily and her son John live alone in a small town as her husband has been killed fighting the war in France. Or at least that is what she told John, but the arrival of Frank back in the town leads him to find out that she not only has been lying about that but also about the fact that she never married him. When Frank tussles with Lily in her yard she applies for a restraining order, calling on the help of her father (the esteemed judge Stoddard Bell) and his partner (lawyer Harmon Cobb). The case fails and when Frank is found murdered later that night Stoddard is arrested and Cobb has a defence case on his hands.

In the second dramatic case for lawyer Harmon Cobb, he defends an incarcerated woman who is wrongly imprisoned and refused release from a mental institution.

In a small town in 1940s America, a lawyer is tasked with defending a German doctor who is accused of murder. As he delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of prejudice, framed-for-murder, and Nazi influences. The lawyer must navigate threats, courtroom drama, and personal loss to fight for justice.