Sudáfrica, 1978. Tim Jenkin y Stephen Lee, dos activistas políticos blancos, miembros del Congreso Nacional Africano, encarcelados por el régimen del apartheid, ponen en marcha un plan para escapar de la infame prisión de Pretoria.
Outback pilot Jim Hawk investigates the murder of his brother, who had been involved in diamond mining in Queensland. He uncovers a plan to flood the market with diamonds.