"خواکین شنون" پس از سفری با قایق ماهیگیری خود به خانه بازمی گردد. اولین دوست او، "چارلز نلسون" قرار است روز بعد با خواهر او ازدواج کند. "نلسون" مست کرده و "شنون" او را کنار جسد مردی که پیشتر با او درگیر شده بود پیدا می کند و...

Joaquin Shannon arrives home from a cruise on his fishing boat. His first mate, Charles Nelson, is to marry Shannon's sister the next day. Nelson gets drunk and Shannon finds him near the unconscious body of a man that he, Shannon, had been fighting with previously. The man dies and Shannon takes the blame and goes to prison. There he gets into trouble instigated by "...<!-- --> <a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0030625/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl">Read all</a>