A roguish tour guide, Max Macklin and a United States Senator's beautiful wife, Karen Ashmore, are thrown together after they witness the assassination of a small African nation's president. They are mistakenly accused of being the killers. The two escape with the aide of Max's co-pilot in Max's plane. But the plane is forced to land when it runs out of fuel. On foot, they are relentlessly pursued by Russians agents and the National Army through the wilds of deepest Africa as they race for the border, only to find themselves caught in a trap and forced to make a stand.