A young ex-con trying to go straight gets caught up in another criminal scheme.

Ex-convict Eddie Pedak and his wife, Kristine, attempt to build a new life for themselves and their daughter Kathy in San Francisco, but police officer Mike Vido is determined to send Eddie back to prison. Believing that Eddie was responsible for shooting him some years ago, Vido arrests Pedak for suspected robbery and murder but is forced to release him when the charges prove false. Eddie loses his job as a result of the suspicion, and Kristine is forced to go to work in a cheap nightclub. Frustrated and angry, Eddie is finally persuaded by his brother Walter and his accomplices, Sargatanas and Shoenstein, to assist in a $1 million robbery. The robbery is successful; but Walter is killed in an attempted doublecross, and Sargatanas kidnaps Kathy to force Eddie to turn over the truck with the stolen goods. Meanwhile, Vido has discovered that Eddie was framed for the previous robbery charges; and even though Eddie admits to wounding Vido, the policeman agress to help him rescue Kathy. She is saved, but Eddie is shot and killed while protecting Vido.