Framed by another man, truck driver Johnny Morrison serves a year in prison.

After his release, Johnny confronts the man, Mitch Mitchell, who plunges off a roof to his death.

Johnny's old girlfriend, Carol Wayne, still has feelings for him, even though she has been seeing Mike Benning, a young doctor.

While the death of Mitchell is investigated by police Lt. Coster as a homicide, Johnny and three other thugs pull off the heist.

Hackett, believing he has been double-crossed, shoots Johnny and buries the money on his family farm, but the police catch up to him.