Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• First National Pictures
• John Garfield
• Priscilla Lane
• Alan Hale
• Frank McHugh
• Billy Halop
• Bobby Jordan
• Charley Grapewin
• Henry Armetta