He locked himself in one of the bedrooms, contemplating suicide, but then at the last minute, decided to defend himself and join Francine in the helicopter as it was pulling away from the launching pad.Only three months away from retirement,USS EnterpriseCaptain Kirk (James Shatner), still resentful and blaming the Klingons for the death of his son, agreed with high-ranking Admiral Cartwright (Brock Peters) that it would be foolish to trust the unreliable warring Klingons; however, Spock suggested that Kirk meet Klingon High Council Chancellor Gorkon (David Warner) and his party of representatives and safely escort them to peace summit talks; once theEnterprisedeparted, Kirk recorded into his Captain""s Starlog: "I""ve never trusted Klingons and I never will.An armored and jet-packed Jango Fett and Mace Windu struggled one-on-one briefly, until Windu sliced Jett""s helmeted-head off with his lightsaber.The purest dreams of the couple, both ""broken blossoms"", are destroyed by sordid reality of racism.[The film""s tale, in part, inspired director Federico Fellini""s classic dramaLa Strada (1954)with three similar character roles...and awoke America""s conscience!"A few other prison films had already been released before this short, 90 minute film: the classicThe Big House (1930)about brutish prison conditions, Howard Hawks""Criminal Code (1931),Ladies of the Big House (1931), and director Rowland Brown""sHell""s Highway (1932)(the first of the hard-hitting chain-gang films - deliberately released by RKO""s producer David Selznick a few months earlier).