An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

Cathy O'Donnellas Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
Farley Grangeras Arthur "Bowie" Bowers
Howard Da Silvaas Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Jay C. Flippenas Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
Helen Craigas Mattie
Will Wrightas Mobley
William Phippsas Young Farmer
Ian Wolfeas Hawkins
Harry Harveyas Hagenheimer