Major CharIes Rane (WiIliam Devane) comes back from the Vietnam war and is given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a hero. A group of sadistic thugs decide that they want to steal a number of silver doIlars from him and in the process kill his wife and son and destroy his hand. The Major wants revenge so he enlists the heIp of his war buddy Johnny to meet the thugs in a finaI showdown.