True story set in the Depression that centers around a guy who becomes a boxer in order to put food on the table for his family. He soon becomes a hero amongst the common people as he fights his way to the top. A knight's crusade from Europe to the Middle East, causes his power to rise quickly and thus pits him against the great Moslem General Saladin. To be produced by Vondie Curtis Hall and Helen Echegoyen. The murder of a despised socialite, at a Southampton country club, has all wondering whodunit.
Problems arise when some of the inmates realize there is an opportunity to escape.
The guy, trying to ingratiate himself with the family, sets their house afire with the intention of extinguishing the blaze and saving them. The house burns to the ground, the boy's put in a mental hospital as an arsonist, and two families are destroyed. His obsession continues as she tries to get past him. He becomes a stalker over the next 10 years. Film to be produced by former Universal marketing chiefs Buffy Shutt and Kathy Jones.