Tommy McCoy grew up poor and scrappy. As a young man he discovers that he can fight with his powerful right arm. He becomes successful at boxing, however he has an alcoholic father.
Fred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a spot where some counterfeiters are burying a murder victim. Then begins a series of events in which he is hounded and threatened by the killers. The consequences of his not reporting what he saw to the police lead to a climax in which is daughter is held hostage by the crooks.
Segunda Guerra Mundial. En el verano de 1941, los alemanes invaden las poblaciones fronterizas de la Rusia comunista, siendo Estrella del Norte una de ellas. Mientras un grupo de jóvenes procedentes de este lugar parten en un viaje que se les complicará por el camino.