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The Gauntlet contrasts the lives of Zach Taylor\u2014a married financial consultant on the verge of bankruptcy\u2014and Sammy Biddle, a widowed church custodian tormented by flashbacks of the Vietnam War. Bound by fate, Zach and Sammy cross paths in the nation\u2019s capital, where Zach employs a dangerous scheme to save his wife, Jenny, from the perils of an unjust legal system. 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