 Whit (William Campbell), condemned and awaiting execution, reviews the events of his life that has brought him to Cell 2455 on San Quentin s Death Row, a story he had told in a autobiography that became a sensational best-seller. As a boy, the young Whit (Robert Campbell) stole groceries to help feed his impoverished family, later moving on into major crime to impress a young gang moll, Jo-Anne (Kathryn Grant), and turns into a cold-blooded thug when he is repudiated by the girl he loves, Doll (Marian Carr.) And by his own lawyer when he is arrested and tried as the infamous Lover s Lane Bandit. In cell 2455, he studies law to the point where he wins stay after stay, twice within minutes of his scheduled execution.