When a young man comes back to his hometown after leaving a job at a port, he takes up with several other men, of varying ethics -- or the lack thereof. One of his friends takes him out to social good times at dances, other of his friends take to stealing. When the hero meets a woman he begins to care about, he would very much like to leave his life in the town -- though how can he and where could he go? Before he has a chance to work out the solution to those questions, his girlfriend agrees to drive a car for him and his friends as they go to steal from a farm -- not a good way to begin a change of lifestyle and a decision that does not bode well for his future. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi