Gypo, an Irish republican in 1920s Dublin, is ousted from the IRA. Desperate and starving, he agrees to report a fellow militant to the British authorities. However, when the man in question is shot and killed, the rebels decide to carry out their own brand of justice on the traitor, and Gypo finds himself hunted through the city. John Ford's drama, starring Victor McLaglen and Heather Angel.

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?