During World War II a squad of five American soldiers become lost in Tunisia and are killed one by one in fights with German units Finally only one man Private Russo is left in the midst of a mine field together with a German officer locked in a stalemate Russo has water while the German claims to have a map revealing the mine positions So Russo agrees to swap water for the map but the German officer tries to doublecross him This was Burt Toppers debut film made on 16mm on weekends together with some friends in Indio California It was also Wally Campos debut film as well as script supervisor Joyce Kings