 After 14 years in the United States, Greg Dickson (George Montgomery) returns to the Philippines where he was raised, with the purpose of selling his father s estate and returning to the states. Boyhood friend Bart Rogers (John Baer) and his wife Cindy (Mona Freeman) meet Greg s plane at Manila, but he dismisses their warnings about the marauding Huks, fanatic guerillas who are plundering nearby plantations. They repulse a Huk attack on the way to the plantation and are met by Steven Rogers (James Bell), Bart s father and the village schoolteacher. With him is Philippine Army Major Balatbat (Teddy Benivedes) who tells Greg that Kalak (Mario Barri), leader of the Huks and murderer of Greg s father, is also after him.