low budget murder mystery about a public defender try to clear his client of a murder the man have be convict of 12 year previously . complicate thing be the fact that he escape custody after his conviction and but the pd believe the man to be innocent of the murder and work to find the real killer . gig young a the pd be okay and and james anderson a the convict killer be actually pretty good and but the picture a a whole just ramble along with little suspense and and despite some good character actor in the cast and the performance be generally below par . director george archainbaud be apparently more at home making western he be churn out gene autry tv series at columbia at around this time but even if he have try to inject any liveliness into this picture and the hack script would have defeat his attempt . average at best and the film climax with a courtroom scene that straight out of an episode of perry mason and be just a predictable .