A muckraking reporter is captured and tortured into revealing where he has hidden evidence proving state graft payoffs.

The grisly stabbing death of a Marine buddy plunges Dave Barrett into the stormy backstage affairs of a theatrical troupe whose leading lady is fighting to revive her fading career.

When the owner of a trucking company refuses to deal with mobsters, the criminals retaliate by hijacking his trucks and stealing his valuable cargo.