Convicted murderer Clyde Thompson receives the death penalty for shooting two men in Texas in 1928. When the governor spares his life, Thompson gains a reputation as the meanest man in the state while working hard labor in prison.
Captain Colt
Mr. Kilpatrick
O.B. Ellis
Ruthie Welsey
Bill McDonald
Rees Thompson
Everett Melvin
Willie Williams
Rookie Guard
Marvin Harper
Clyde Thompson
Guard Sergaent
Lester
Reuben Welsey
Tommy Reis
Donald
Clyde Barrow
Julia Perryman
Mac James
Perry Wilmeth