Rosalie, an Indian girl of mixed parentage, hitches a ride from young salesman Virgil and persuades him to drive her to a remote shack belonging to her late grandfather. She prevents Virgil from leaving by deflating his car tyres and keeps him prisoner by breaking his leg with the blunt end of an axe. Refused a doctor, Virgil makes several unsuccessful attempts to escape. Then Fry, an Indian motorcyclist, arrives at the shack, aware of the grandfather's hidden gold nuggets.