Wrongly accused of killing a bar girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model
Gerry Barker finds a lost boy whose rich father is extorted into paying a ransom for his return but the boy accidentally dies and Gerry goes to prison
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self disgust