Jim Fletcher, a former inmate in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, awakes from a coma at a naval hospital, only to be told he's been accused of murder. Fletcher is not quite certain of his guilt so he escapes from the hospital in search of his best friend, another ex-POW.
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a three year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
Issız black rock kasabasından geçen buharlı tren uzun yıllardır hiç duraksamamıştır bu kasabada, yıllar sonra trenin durup bir yabancıyı bırakması yerel halkta huzursuzluğa ve paranoyaya sebep olur, zira bu ıssız kasaba yıllar geçtikçe kendi adalaetini kendi sağlar hale gelmiştir, eski sırların perdesi aralanacaktır oysa... Özellikle “The Great Escape” ile birçok sinemaseverin gönlünde taht kuran John Sturges’in Oscar adaylığı aldığı tek filmdir “Bad Day At Black Rock”.
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.