The plot concerns the son of a man who was hanged for murder, leading to his own bullying by others and subsequent trials when he commits a crime in self-defense.

In a small Virginia town, Danny Hawkins (Dane Clark) is the son of a murderer who was hanged for his crime.

After a few days, the body is found, and Sheriff Clem Otis (Allyn Joslyn) starts closing in on the culprit.

In December 1945, Paramount Pictures purchased the rights to adapt Theodore Strauss's yet-to-be-released novel, which was serialized by Cosmopolitan in August and September 1946, and published as a book that October.

The duo was unable to secure a completion bond, and were sued by William Wellman, whom they had hired as the film's director.