As a result of mistaken eyewitness testimony and circumstantial evidence, cab driver Brick Tennant (Henry Fonda) and his friend, Joe Linden, are sentenced to die for murder. Certain they are innocent, Brick's fiancée, Mary Roberts (Maureen O'Sullivan), enlists Detective Lieutenant Everett (Ralph Bellamy) to find the car that was mistaken for Brick's taxi.
As a result of mistaken eyewitness testimony and circumstantial evidence, cab driver Brick Tennant (Henry Fonda) and his friend, Joe Linden, are sentenced to die for murder. Certain they are innocent, Brick's fiancée, Mary Roberts (Maureen O'Sullivan), enlists Detective Lieutenant Everett (Ralph Bellamy) to find the car that was mistaken for Brick's taxi.
