War-torn veteran Ralph Wyatt escapes from a psychiatric ward to confront his wife about her impending divorce. This sets off a manhunt led by Detective Lieutenant Andy Flynn of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. Wyatt's wife is having an affair with a judo expert, who refuses to divorce his own wife to marry her. The affair turns violent, and Wyatt is arrested for the murder.
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Bill Elliott plays a detective lieutenant in the L.A. Sheriff's Department in the first of five films, where a war-torn veteran struggles to cope with his wife's divorce.
