Le détective grande gueule Danny Bassett fait équipe avec le Sergent Jesse Williams pour enquêter sur le vol de 400.000 dollars qui a eu lieu à l'occasion d'une oeuvre de charité...
A reporter refuses to reveal his source in the case of the murder of a young girl. As a result, he and his family are shunned by the residents of the small town in which they live. Virtually no one comes to his daughter's wedding, and at his office, the police search his desk, and his boss threatens to fire him.