A hardened con being transferred from a federal penitentiary to a Texas institution to finish a life sentence as a habitual criminal is freed at gunpoint by his niece. The police man, who was transferring him and has been the con's adversary for over 30 years, vows to catch the twosome.

Un endurecido reo (Robert Mitchum) es transferido de una prisión federal a una institución de Texas para terminar una sentencia de por vida es liberado a punta de pistola por su sobrina (Kathleen York). El policía (Wilford Brimley), que lo transfiere y ha sido su adversario de la estafa de más de 30 años, se compromete a capturar al dúo.