When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.

威尔斯（亨弗莱·鲍嘉 Humphrey Bogart 饰）是一名正义感十分强烈的体育记者，某日，他接到了上司布置的任务，开始调查拳击联合会老板本科（罗德·斯泰格尔 Rod Steiger 饰）受贿暗中操纵拳赛的黑幕。