Gerry Miller, a professional hockey player, gives in to internal and outside pressures and adopts a more aggressive style on the ice. During one particularly violent game a player on an opposing team dies, and the authorities charge Miller with manslaughter.

Michael Moriarty
as Gerry Miller

Kevin Conway
as George Graff

Meryl Streep
as Sharon Miller

Sully Boyar
as Tom Feeney

Jill Eikenberry
as Carole Eskanazi

Walter McGinn
as District Attorney Horace Meade

Mason Adams
as Bill Cairns

Paul D'Amato
as Dave Eskanazi

Ron Weyand
as Judge Reinhardt

Frank Bongiorno
as Rene Beauvois