In a dramatic re-creation Ronald Ryan (played by Colin Friels) is hanged in Pentridge prison. Radio journalist Brian Morley recalls being a witness to the hanging.

Father John Brosnan, priest to hanged man Ronald Ryan, compares the Ryan hanging to that of Ned Kelly in that both were political.

Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia. Narration and black-and-white stills tell the story of his upbringing and early life.