An independent former ranch foreman and an heiress are kidnapped by a trio of ruthless outlaws.
The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He assumes the identity of a recently deceased waiter and is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, who fears the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans.
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
