Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, um esquadrão aéreo da Real Força Aérea Inglesa é destacado para uma missão suicida de destruir uma fábrica de combustíveis alemã situada no meio de um fiorde norueguês.
A rebellious youth sentenced to a reformatory for robbing a bakery rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as a prized athlete.
