Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.

After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In a flashback, we learn how he was framed for murder but then escaped from the lynch mob just as he was about to be hung. Tired of running, he has returned to find the real killer and the Sheriff has given him just three hours to do it.

An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.