When Dlamini's daughter, Dudu, is held for ransom, he calls on Charlie Steel, an old friend and renowned private investigator. Steel attempts to infiltrate the kidnapping gang, but is exposed by a vicious gang-member. A touch of love might help take down the gang, but at what cost?

An American gangster (Lee Marvin) hopes to find refuge in France, but meets with violence and hatred in a farm lost in the Beauce, inhabited by sinister characters.