The “war of nerves” which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.

In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and…