Ruby is thrown into jail after being caught hiding the loot that he stole from his boss in revenge for the death of his lover.

Then the investigator has an idea: Quentin, the intolerable extrovert who has driven his other cellmates out of their mind with irritation, is put in with Ruby.

Ruby manages to bribe the psychiatric nurse (who also works for Vogel) into helping him escape.

Quentin has his own plan: they'll escape with help from a drunken long-time friend who drives a crane.

Ruby, as much to his own surprise as anyone else's, expresses his grief for Quentin, who tricks him into actually promising to open a bistro with him after he recovers.