"We bury our sins, we wash them clean." With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one loses a daughter.

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.