Actress Sharon Tate and seven other innocent victims have been savagely and senselessly murdered in Los Angeles in 1969. Evidence gradually points to a commune of freeloading hippies disturbingly devoted to an extreme ex-convict.
Charles Manson and his blind minions are brought to trial for murder. As prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi attempts to argue for conviction, Manson's bizarre in-court antics create chaos in the courtroom.
