After being mugged by four hoodlums Kimble is reluctant to deal with the police. But while leaving town, he ends up getting handcuffed to a policewoman. When she breaks her ankle Kimble has to help her while evading the police manhunt.

Kimble is befriended by a troubled woman who gets him a job working in a veterinary clinic. Her involvement with a no-good carny worker brings him trouble and the attention of her stepfather, a former cop, who thinks he recognizes Kimble.