

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.

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