A hitchhiking stranger murders Brian Mars who's on his way to a small town where he is supposed to start a new job as Deputy Sheriff. The stranger arrives in town and assumes Brian's identity. Meanwhile, Sam, another Sheriff on the force, plots to murder his lover Laura's insanely jealous husband, Jake. They decide to pin the crime on "Brian" but he's after jake too. In fact, he calculatingly adopted his masquerade in an effort to avenge the death of his father, which happens to stem back to ruthless land developer, Jake.