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.
John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4
Richard 'Dick' Walters, Cell 5
Joe Berg, Cell 1
D'Amoro, Cell 6
Kirby... Cell 7 (as Allan Roscoe)
Eddie Werner... Cell 8
Father O'Connor
Drake, Guard
Fred Mayer... Cell 3
Sonny Jackson... Cell 2
Rabbi
Mrs. Walters
Pat Callahan... Principal Keeper
Mike O'Flaherty, Guard
Peddie... Guard
Harris... Guard
Warden Frank Lewis