When the police finds a necklace with some criminal, a detective remembers that it was missing evidence in a murderer case many years ago. So it turns out that Jeff Hayes, sentenced to life-long prison, was innocent. After 18 years in jail he's finally released - but has problems finding back into normal life. There's his father who believed him guilty and his ex-wife Ellen, who told their son Kerry and her new husband Paul Kramer his father had died.

• Columbia Pictures Television
• Michael Landon Productions
• Michael Landon
• Barney Martin
• Casey Peterson
• Meg Wittner
• David Spielberg
• Deborah Benson
• Luke Reilly
• David Kriegel