Warren Hull is a prison inmate who ended up being forced by a gang of fellow inmates to escape with them from a prison hospital, and is the only one not rounded up upon their initial escape. He travels through the desert, befriends a wolfhound, is lucky enough to be offered a job by the daughter (Isabel Jewell) of a doctor and finds himself settling into the community as if he had lived there all his life, everybody in town preparing for him and Jewell to wed even before they have had their first full date. But the gang escapes again, his true identity is discovered, and now he does everything he can to prove his innocence.
While this is obvious hokum, it is charmingly written and acted, and those excesses are quite forgivable. Hull and Jewell are an appealing couple, not looking like movie stars playing regular folks, and are surrounded by a dozen small-town types who don't seem to be acting, just "being". Wolf, the dog, is very well trained, and the thought of him romancing Jewell's smaller pooch is just sillier than the plot line. In fact, the final fade-out will have you rolling your eyes, yet amused by the implications.
While this is obvious hokum, it is charmingly written and acted, and those excesses are quite forgivable. Hull and Jewell are an appealing couple, not looking like movie stars playing regular folks, and are surrounded by a dozen small-town types who don't seem to be acting, just "being". Wolf, the dog, is very well trained, and the thought of him romancing Jewell's smaller pooch is just sillier than the plot line. In fact, the final fade-out will have you rolling your eyes, yet amused by the implications.