Inmates pull a prison break, taking the warden and another prisoner as hostages. But when the car gets into a crash, killing the others, the warden makes off with the gang's loot and places the blame on the other hostage.
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Yağmurun sağanak halinde yağdığı karanlık bir gecede, beş adam iyi planlanmış bir tren soygunu düzenler ve 10 milyon dolarlık, dokuz tonluk altın sevkiyatını alıp kaçarlar. Devasa sevkiyatı, üç gizli kamyon yüküne bölen ekip, mükemmel bir kaçış olacağını umdukları bir yere doğru, ülke çapında göze çarpmayan bir kaçış planı yapmışlardır.