A car careens off the highway, leaving Tim Slade, a private investigator, and Hugh Fresney, a newspaper editor, trapped and injured. As they wait for the tide to arrive, Fresney recounts the murder of his boss, Clint Vaughn, allegedly committed by Nick Dyke's gang. Slade had been hired to avenge Fresney if he was killed in retaliation, but his focus shifts when he discovers a web of suspects, including Julie Vaughn, his former love, and Dana Jons, Vaughn's beautiful secretary.
High Tide
A speeding car takes a sharp turn from Malibu to Los Angeles, losing control and overturning, putting the lives of Tim Slade, a former newspaper man turned private investigator, and Hugh Fresney, the managing editor of the Los Angeles newspaper, at risk.