Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.

• William Cagney Productions
• Warner Bros. Pictures
• James Cagney
• Barbara Payton
• Helena Carter
• Ward Bond
• Luther Adler
• Barton MacLane
• Steve Brodie
• Rhys Williams