Overview

A hangman, a prostitute, a murderer and murderer's stricken parents are the ingredients in this taut drama. In a fascinating chopped time sequence they spin a strange web of sex and death.

The parents of Claude Vole await the hour that their son is to be hung for killing a prostitute - a crime he cannot remember committing. His Mother wonders if she has done enough to save her son. The Hangman fills in the background details to the crime.