 Under the direction of Tiny Elton, Don Brueger and Rusty Schilling hijack an armored car and take it to a remote area with a $25,000 payroll AND guard Bill Franklin still in the back. Elton utilizes a ruse to get Bill s wife Lea into his car. He then drives to the armored car s location and threatens to kill her if Franklin does not come out with the money. Bill complies, but the three take the money and keep Lea as a hostage in an attempt to ensure their safe passage. When they find themselves trapped in their car at a Highway Patrol roadblock, Dan Mathews knows that Elton is capable of killing Lea whether or not the car is released, and he finds himself in one of the tensest confrontations of his career.