A prostitute sentenced to death for murder pleads her innocence.

Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught, they start to think that Barbara has helped the police to arrest them. As revenge, they tell the police that Barbara is the murderer.—Mattias Thuresson

The riveting true story of brazen bad girl Barbara Graham, a perpetual offender who tries to go straight but is sent to death row after being implicated in a murder. When journalist Ed Montgomery, whose initial newspaper articles on Barbara's crime played up her recklessness, becomes convinced that she could be innocent, he begins a desperate campaign to save her from the gas chamber.—Jwelch5742