A special operations unit races to find and prevent the construction of a devastating micro nuclear device created by a group of radical mercenaries whose political beliefs blur the line between terrorist and revolutionary....
At Los Alamos, New Mexico, the maximum-security "atomic city" of U.S. nuclear-weapons research, top atomic scientist Frank Addison has a normal, middle-American life with his wife and son...until the boy is kidnapped by enemy agents to extort H-bomb secrets. Result, a fast moving chase thriller with some parental soul-searching....
艾迪（保罗·纽曼 Paul Newman 饰）是一位技艺高超的桌球赌博师，在一次竞争激烈的比赛中，艾迪败给了对手胖子（杰基·格黎森 Jackie Gleason 饰），失败带来的打击让心高气傲的艾迪一蹶不振。一次偶然中，失意的艾迪在咖啡店里遇见了名叫莎拉（派珀·劳瑞 Piper Laurie 饰）美丽女子，两人很快坠入了爱河。
然而，莎拉的爱并没能让艾迪在挫败感中获得救赎，野心的火焰终日在艾迪的心中燃烧带来着疼痛与焦灼。一个名叫伯特（乔治·C·斯科特 George C. Scott 饰）的男人找到艾迪，希望能够当他的经纪人。在两人的努力之下，艾迪终于获得了梦寐以求的成功，可与此同时，他深爱着的莎拉却选择了离开。</p>...
