War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.

Jack Warner
as George Martin

Jane Hylton
as Nora Lawrence

David Tomlinson
as Ronnie Waring

Bill Owen
as Syd Evans

George Cole
as Willie Stannard

Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Harding

Yvonne Owen
as Meg Waring

Raymond Lovell
as Bill Wainwright

Brenda Bruce
as Winnie Foreman

Susan Shaw
as Beryl