Daniel L. Haynes

Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for work, and falls in love with Irene Mason, a social secretary, but is reluctant to tell her about his past.

A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man.

During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a widow.

Joe Wilson va rejoindre sa fiancée, Katherine, mais il est arrêté car on le prend par erreur pour un criminel qui a kidnappé un enfant et exigé une rançon. Il est incarcéré, certaines coïncidences suffisant à établir sa culpabilité : il détient, par exemple, un billet qui faisait partie de la rançon versée. La nouvelle se propage rapidement, et les gens s'assemblent autour de la prison pour glaner des informations. Le shérif les disperse, mais la colère monte dans la foule. Il demande alors au gouverneur de faire envoyer la garde nationale pour prévenir un éventuel lynchage. Cependant, l'adjoint du shérif révèle aux meneurs l'indice qui a permis d'inculper le suspect…

A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster.

Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.

Two men escape from the French penal colony but not from their jealousy over a woman.