- Three felons enlist the unwilling aid of a former cell-mate to steal a $12,000 cash shipment from a farmers' combine.
- Reformed ex-con Al Baldwin is unpleasantly surprised when former cell-mates Tom Wright and Frank Jennings visit his rural garage and tell him of their plan to steal $12,000 in cash from the regular farm combine shipment. When Al refuses to help, Wright's wife Delle holds Al's wife Cathy at gunpoint while the robbery takes place. The money is taken as planned, but guard Sid Wells is murdered and Sergeant Walters quickly finds the abandoned truck. He and Dan Mathews investigate and deduce that the Baldwins are in trouble when the nervous Al introduces Tom Wright as his new "helper". They lure Wright away from the house and capture him, but find that they must utilize a high-risk ruse in order to get close enough to rescue the Baldwins and capture Delle Wright and Frank Jennings.—Sam Spear
- Tom Wright and Frank Jennings were in prison with Al Baldwin and Tom, Frank and Delle Wright(Tom's wife) have planned a robbery involving robbing the panel truck service provided by the local merchants and farmers in the area. Delle used to work for the co-op or combine, and the driver, Sid Wells, has a well-known routine travelling to each farm and merchant.
The three stop to tell Al about their plans, but Al fibs, saying Sid is due tomorrow; Tom invites himself, the Mrs. and Frank to stay over at Al's, to meet the courier in the morning. Sid shows up while they are all inside, Tom calls Al a liar, they run to the van, put Sid in the back; Delle watches the Baldwins at gun point; she carries, too.
Tom and Frank take the van with Sid in the back two miles down the road, Sid is ordered out, Frank grabs the money satchel, Sid is ordered back inside and Tom puts two shots in him; cold blooded murder. They leave the van off the road, Frank does not set the hand brake, the van moves back into road, an oncoming car approaches; Tom and Frank clear out of sight.
The oncoming car was a HP car, Sgt. Walters and another officer find Sid Wells dead, Walters calls it in while the other officer searches the road it came down for clues. Dan says he is coming to their location, while Frank and Tom go back to Al's house, putting the money bag in Tom's back seat. Tom is going to stay put, the HP will have roadblocks all around, he tells Al he is the new hire, following out the door to the shop while rolling up his white shirt sleeves with his hat on his head. Frank, the Mrs. and Cathy remain inside, Delle pointing her gun at Cathy.
Dan arrives, coroner called, Walters knows Sid's stops, Al Baldwin's service station is one such stop, and Dan learns Al is an ex-con, armed robbery, out for two years, law abiding with his wife Cathy. Dan says let us go check with the Baldwin's, likely the criminals are still in the area with no extra tire tracks at the scene.
Al denies Sid appearing today, they both deny hearing anything today, too. Walters does not like the meeting, Cathy always greets the HP with a cold drink, Al doesn't do the business volume to warrant a helper; Dan says drive on, come back in ten minutes if he is heard from as he walks back to Al's.
Dan tells Al he had a blown tire, needs help fixing it, Tom volunteers, walks back to the squads, sees there is no flat, Dan draws, Walters cuffs him, the officer walks him back to the other squad. Dan and Walters agree if they go back to the house without Tom, they will know somethings up. Dan has Walters change clothes with Tom, maybe the trick will work, as they both suspect Cathy is being kept against her will. Dan moves the squad out, Walters tries starting Tom's car, Delle recognizes that is not Tom, Frank shoots at Walters in the car, Dan fires from across the road hitting Frank, Frank is down. Delle walks Baldwins out to the car, orders Walters to drop his gun, get out, says Al drives, Al grabs the gun from Delle, Walters cuffs Delle. Dan tells Al how foolish his move was, also telling Cathy the good man he is.
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