The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

Carol on kylvyssä tapaamansa muukalaisen hotellihuoneessa, kun gangsterit murhaavat tämän, koska tämä on varastanut rahaa. Carol tietää olevansa ainoa todistaja ja pakenee Kanadan vuorille syrjäiseen mökkiin. Caulfield tietää Carolin olevan todistaja, ja seuraa tätä suostutellakseen tämän todistamaan. Kun gangsterit seuraavat Caulfieldiä mökille, Carol joutuu pakenemaan Caulfieldin kanssa junalla henkensä edestä.

A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.

Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has shady connections, becomes a suspect in a murder, Walter takes the fall. However, on his way to prison, he escapes, determined to bring the real killer to justice.