简介：史蒂芬（德克·博加德 Dirk Bogarde 饰）出生在一个非常普通的家庭之中，凭借着自己的智慧和能力，他不断的向上爬，并且最终成为了英国牛津大学的教授，可以这么说，史蒂芬现在所拥有的一切，都是他一点一点亲手为自己挣来的。一次偶然中，史蒂芬撞见了自己的同事查理（斯坦利·贝克 Stanley Baker 饰）和一个名叫安娜（雅克利娜·萨萨尔 Jacqueline Sassard 饰）的女生之间的私情。 安娜的身份十分的尊贵，是一国之公主，并且已经有了未婚夫威廉（麦克尔·约克 Michael York 饰）。一场车祸中，威廉不幸去世，史蒂芬救了安娜一命，出于报复的心理，他强行占有了安娜。
简介：Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to starts working for the Hawlett Trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too less runs in a day You're out. Red is the most experienced trucker, he can do 18 runs in a day. Tom soon makes friends with Lucy, the secretary, and Gino, a driver. But the record of Red intrigues him and he wants to break it. Gino advises against it, but he helps Tom when he wants to go through with it. Soon trouble begins when Red and the other drivers form an united front against Tom. Just when Tom has enough and decides to pack his bags, Lucy tells him Gino had a terrible accident. She also tells about the corruption of Hawlett Trucking.