A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lt. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat. At sea, skipper Hamil Linder receives Bruno kindly, teaching him fishing; Bruno enlists Hamil's wayward son Carl to tend his slot machines. Then Carl takes an interest in Bruno's girl Connie. Climax in a storm at sea.
Shelley Winters
as Connie Thatcher
Richard Conte
as Bruno Felkin
Stephen McNally
as Lt. Kelsey
Charles Bickford
as Hamil Linder
Alex Nicol
as Carl Linder
John McIntire
as Corky Mullins
Tito Vuolo
as Barney Schriona
Chubby Johnson
as 'General' Ball
Minerva Urecal
as Johnnie Mae Swanson
Irvin Berwick
as Gas Man (uncredited)
John "Skins" Miller
as Houlihan (uncredited)
Robert A. O'Neil
as Spade-Face (uncredited)
