Based on the true story of coal miners who became trapped underground in a cave-in on Christmas Eve, 1951.

A woman living in a boarding house is kidnapped by a small-time criminal. Soon others in the gang try to take her away from him so they can get the ransom.

A sequel to 1974's Challenge, in which the title character is assigned to gather incriminating evidence against his rival in the state senate, but his assignment gets complicated when the rival hires a group of killers to rub him out.