Luke Billings (Lionel Jeffries) and his family have a problem with the new police sergeant Sam Hargis (Richard Todd) so they take over a small Transvaal town with the attention of drawing Hargis into a showdown. Hargis tries to get back up from the townsfolk who do not want to know, so is forced to lay low. As things get out of hand one of the Billings boys takes an interest in the storekeeper's wife, Priss Dobbs (Anne Aubrey). Having had enough her husband, Ernie (Jamie Uys) takes up the gun and heads down the main street alone. An act that prompts Hargis to join him. Slowly, the townsfolk turn up to back them up.

钢琴家德·弗赖斯的儿子德克因为身体不好，便坐彼德叔叔的飞机去农场休养。飞行途中，彼德叔叔心脏病突发去世，飞机迫降在无边的沙漠。军方投入了紧张的搜救工作，但迟迟没有找到德克。仅有八岁的德克跟自己的小狗洛莉一起，战胜了种种恐惧和困难，在浩翰的沙漠中顽强的活了下来，直到德·弗赖斯和搜救人员找到他们。