Slatts Colhoun and Robert Grogan saw things in San Quentin State Prison that were a far cry from the safe existence of working a nine-to-five job - they witnessed rapes, riots, guards shooting convicts, solitary confinement and no privacy. But when they are paroled and let out onto the gritty streets of San Francisco they discover new complications: the two men had been cellmates and lovers; Robert has a wife and kid on the outside and the two separate worlds are about to collide.