Percy Dixon and his brothers are stuck with no good options. Facing the loss of their family farm in the post-Civil War South, the men rob a bank in an attempt to save their livelihood. Exhausted and on the run, the Dixon clan unwittingly finds their only shelter at the small farmhouse of a frail and sickly U.S. Marshal. Over the course of the night, the truth of their actions is discovered while greed, lust and malice squander any chance of a clean getaway. Surviving the night suddenly begins to outweigh saving the farm when they realize time is just like dying.