Clay Lomax (Gregory Peck), a bank robber, gets out of jail after an eight-year sentence. He is looking after Sam Foley (James Gregory), the man who betrayed him. Knowing that, Foley hires three men to pay attention of Clay's steps. The things get complicated when Lomax, waiting to receive some money from his ex-lover, gets only the notice of her death and an six-year-old girl (Dawn Lyn), sometimes very annoying, presumed to be his daughter.—Michel Rudoy