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Tommy Connors, a cocky tough guy, is sent to
Sing Sing but is confident that he will not have to follow the rules of
prison life. However, when his smooth lawyer Joe Finn tries
unsuccessfully to bribe warden Paul Long, it becomes clear that Connors is
now just another number. Connors and Long battle in a contest of
wills, in which Long practices his modern theories of reform.
Long begins to see results when Connors does not
participate in an escape attempt designed by educated convict Bud Saunders.
Eventually, Long puts his honor system to the test when he trusts Connors
outside the walls.
Hoping to help, Connors' girlfriend Fay Wilson
makes friends with Finn but, when he attacks her during an automobile trip,
she jumps from the car and is badly injured. Long allows Connors to
visit Fay, who is critically ill but, upon discovering that Finn is
responsible for her injuries, he initiates a fight. Fay shoots and
kills Finn, but it is Connors who is convicted for the murder.
After Fay recovers, Connors is sentenced to
death, and the couple is briefly reunited on death row. Fay attempts
to confess her crime to Long, but her pleas are in vain. Connors is
left alone to face the electric chair, asking only for one last cigarette. |
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