In a world where second chances are as scarce as one-dollar bills, an ex-convict seeks redemption in the harsh reality he faces after being released from prison. Johnny, played by the ever-charismatic George Raft, has served his sentence and is determined to change his life, but the past won’t leave him alone. Upon returning to the city, he finds a society that views him with suspicion and a system that seems designed to keep him trapped in his criminal history.
Johnny attempts to reintegrate and find honest work, but is soon dragged back into the world of crime when his old friends, seduced by the easy life, invite him to join them in their misdeeds. Among them is his former partner and lover of danger, who pushes him to make choices that threaten to ruin everything he has tried to build. His relationship with his young sister and his growing love for a woman with a complicated past are his only anchors in a sea of corruption.
Through intense entanglements and moral dilemmas, Johnny struggles to stay strong against temptations and prove that one can change. In this captivating drama steeped in noir, the audience will witness a man's fight against his destiny as he attempts to shed the label of criminal and find his true place in a world that does not easily forgive.