Clyde Thompson
Captain Colt
Julia Perryman
Marvin Harper
Rees Thompson
Sheriff Kilborn
O.B. Ellis
Ruthie Welsey
Mr. Kilpatrick
Barney Allen
Myrtle Perryman
Ralph Fults
Donald
Reuben Welsey
Everett Melvin
Lester
George Rivas
Joe Williams
Roy Thornton
Clyde Barrow
Convicted murderer Clyde Thompson receives the death penalty for shooting two men in Texas in 1928. When the governor spares his life, Thompson gains a reputation as the meanest man in the state while working hard labor in prison.