Halfway through the San Francisco trial of a Chinese immigrant accused of murdering a socially and politically prominent young woman, the presiding judge gets an anonymous tip: the real killer is on the jury. (Wasn't this a movie starring Cher?) Thanks to the crisp writing and legal knowledge of magazine journalist Malcolm C. MacPherson, what could have been a ludicrous jaw-dropper becomes instead an almost believable and totally engrossing courtroom adventure.