A mysterious stranger shows up in Evansville, Indiana, where he kidnaps a young woman as she leaves work then surprisingly drives her straight home and drops her off unharmed.
Arrested, his outrageous assertion is his motive was to save the woman from a worse fate.
A local attorney is assigned as the man's public defender.
The prisoner is reluctant to cooperate with his counsel but slowly divulges his shocking claim as to his true identity, paving the way for his lawyer to re.