Interesting directorial debut by Kiefer Sutherland, who also plays Denver Bayliss, a Death Row inmate awaiting execution for murder. Forming an unlikely friendship with the prisoner, guard Fred Whitmore soon finds himself facing a conflict between duty and humanity., A death row prisoner is abused by the system. Ironically, the prison guard assigned to death row sees something similar between the two of them and as their relationship begins to open him up, it changes his life., A prison guard (Forest Whitaker) assigned to death row forms a link with an incorrigible inmate (Kiefer Sutherland). Hope: Lynne Moody. Lionel McMannis: Clancy Brown. Kathy Rubicek: Kathleen Quinlan. Lillian Burke: Amanda Plummer. Darrel: Tony T. Johnson., Kiefer Sutherland directed and stars in this death-row drama, playing an inmate who forms a complex relationship with a guard (Forest Whitaker).