In this thrilling drama directed by Robert Aldrich, when the body of a teenage girl who was moonlighting as a hustler is discovered, Lt. Phil Gaines (Burt Reynolds) is put on the case. The veteran cop believes he's found the perpetrator (Eddie Albert), but the clumsy efforts of the victim's father (Ben Johnson) to uncover the truth on his own may be making it more difficult and dangerous for Gaines to solve the crime. Catherine Deneuve co-stars.