After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In a flashback, we learn how he was framed for murder but then escaped from the lynch mob just as he was about to be hung. Tired of running, he has returned to find the real killer and the Sheriff has given him just three hours to do it.
Dana Andrews
as Jim Guthrie
Donna Reed
as Laurie Mastin
Dianne Foster
as Chris Palmer
Stephen Elliott
as Sheriff Ben East
Richard Coogan
as Niles Hendricks
Laurence Hugo
as Marty Lasswell
James Westerfield
as Sam Minor
Richard Webb
as Carter Mastin
Carolyn Jones
as Polly
Charlotte Fletcher
as Betty
Whit Bissell
as Deke
