TopenetrateagangexploitingillegalMexicanfarmworkerssmuggledintoCalifornia(andleavingnolivewitnesses),MexicanfederalagentPabloRodriguezposesasanignorantbracero,whilehisAmericancounterpartJackBearnesworksfromoutside.Soon,bothareindeadlydangerfromtheringleader,sinisterrancherOwenParkson,andfindnightonthefarmtobefullofshadowyfilm-noirmenace...