Desperate Measures

US: Mira, 2002. Good. Barbara Holloway has a reputation for taking on the toughest cases . . . an d winning them. But this time she's up against an unbeatable opponent -- he r father, the lawyer who taught her all she knows. Gus Marchand, a hardworking, God-fearing farmer, is found dead on his kitch en floor, and suspicion soon falls on Alex Feldman, Marchand's hideously de formed neighbor. At the request of another attorney, Barbara agrees to defe nd the young man, whom most of the town has already condemned. But there is another suspect, as well: Hilde Franz, a woman Gus had a very public altercation with just before he was murdered. Hilde also happens to be an old friend of Barbara's father, Frank, who, unaware of his daughter's involvement in the case, agrees to represent Hilde. For the first time in her career, Barbara cannot turn to her father for advice. Quite the contrary: she has to stay one step ahead of him if she's to have any hope of saving her client. Because she knows only too well what kind of legal mind she's up against.