Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine. Infuriated, Lane engages him in a fight, and the encounter results in Phillips' accidental death. Joe goes to prison for a few years, and when he is released he visits his son, Little Pal, at school and is begged by him to run away together.

Joe Lane, un condictor de radio y compositor, descubre que el dueño del estudio, Arthur Phillips, tiene conductas inapropiadas con su esposa Katherine. Completamente enfurecido, Lane lo enfrenta en una pelea, lo que resulta en la muerte involuntaria de Phillips. Joe va a prisión por algunos años, al salir, visita a si hijo en la escuela, el cual le reuga escapar juntos.