Paratrooper Ell Walker, after finishing his service in Vietnam, arrives in the small town of Panama City, where Alice Carew, the daughter of his front-line friend who died saving Ell’s life, lives. Ell is indebted to his memory and vowed to take care of Alice's future fate. However, during the search for the girl, Ell learns that Alice has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her lover - the son of the head of the local criminal underworld. Not believing in the girl’s guilt, he begins his investigation to find the real killers...