When narcotics cop Jack Walsh accidenttally kills the son of a Mafia boss JohnnyD'Angelo in a drunken road accident his life is effectively over. Byt when he comes out of jail to begin a solitary existence in a small, remote town he finds there is no eacape from the past. For D'Angelo honour dictates that Walsh is killed to avenge his son - and for the FBI, who up to now have been unable to nail the Mafia boss, Walsh in the perfect bait to pin a murder rap on him.