After his release from prison, a bank robber seeks revenge on the sheriff who betrayed him when they were outlaw partners. An ex-convict finds the partner who betrayed him is now a town sheriff with a wife and daughter.

Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the restless years following WWII, this is a story of Blanche DuBois, a fragile and neurotic woman on a desperate prowl for someplace in the world to call her own.