在20世纪30年代,在密西西比州的州监狱农场三名囚犯逃离。其中23岁的年轻鲍伊,谁花了近7年徒刑,现在希望能够证明自己的清白,或退休后在山上的家,一起生活在和平与他的新爱,小鹰。但他的犯罪同伴劝他参加几个抢劫案,并很快警方相信他是他们的领导人,去后“鲍伊小子”比以往任何时候都更难。In the '40s, three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them is 23-years-young Bowie, who spent the last seven years in prison and now hopes to be able to prove his innocence or retire to a home in the mountains and live in peace together with his new love, Keechie. But his criminal companions persuade him to participate in several heists, and soon the police believe him to be their leader and go after "Bowie the Kid" harder than ever.