Dick Lane’s cruelty is as famous as his skill at blowing safes. A newsman tries to help Dick by offering him a job, but Dick refuses. He disdains rehabilitation and thwarts the efforts of other inmates to go straight. After he breaks the wrist of a Christian who offers friendship, Dick’s hard shell cracks along with his career. He goes to the newsman who gives him a job but he can’t escape the memories. He walks by Pacific Garden Mission, gets saved and begins helping other guys on the street. One of them robs and shoots him.