After his brother is killed in an accident, Tom Durling quits his job and drives across country.
He gives an attractive girl a ride and is subsequently forced at gun point to be the driver in a bank robbery.
During the crime another innocent man, Steve Reynolds, is involved and killed in the escape.
After a high-speed chase, the car crashes and Durling is knocked unconscious.
The bandits get away, the police arrest Durling and refuse to believe that he isn't one of the robbers.
