在犯罪生涯中，魅力、智慧和成功并不能阻止小帕里斯·皮特曼在亚利桑那州的沙漠中服刑10年。然而，那些年应该很快就过去了，因为之前藏了50万美元。新的理想主义的监狱长只会让Pitman想要更快地获得他的财富。他开始操纵每个人以达到他的目标。

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. About three years later, Poole (until then a model prisoner) abruptly takes his chance to kill a guard and escape. It's clear during the ensuin...