An ex-Navy man carrying out the last wish of a dying shipmate renews contact with old friends to break the code of silence around a mysterious, long-buried crime.
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They call him “Handsome” Harry Sweeney (Jamey Sheridan). At 52, the Vietnam veteran has kept his rugged good looks. Everyone likes Harry, an electrician by trade who loves to sing—but for some reason he never lets anyone get too close.
The death of a Navy buddy from the Vietnam War, Thomas Kelly, whom he hasn’t seen in years, is the catalyst for an increasingly anguished journey of self-discovery Harry feels obliged to make. On his deathbed in a V.A. hospital outside Philadelphia, Kelly, afraid of going to hell, pleads with Harry to contact Dave Kagan, a sailor in their unit who was Harry’s best friend, and apologize for his role in Kagan’s near-fatal beating.