An above-average TV movie sensitively adapted from a novella by John William Corrington, which deals with loneliness, interracial relationships, pride and honour. James Garner plays a retired judge whose only contact with the outside world is through his housekeeper. He's asked to get an estranged childhood friend, a black man (Bill Cobbs) to accept a belated medal for World War Two bravery which he's been refusing. The performances are uniformly praiseworthy, especially from Garner who gives a powerful portrait of a man imprisoned by his own hurt. As one critic said, 'This is a movie that speaks with conviction and heart.'


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