Dennis inadvertently kills a constable during a smuggling operation. The officer's dog pursues him relentlessly as he tries to finance his brother's escape from the IRA and secure his safe passage to the USA by joining a criminal gang.

Northern Ireland. Dennis O'Shea joins a gang of smugglers in order to raise the money to pay for his brother, who is fleeing from the IRA, to move to the USA. But after he accidentally kills a constable during a smuggling trip, the policeman's dog begins to follow him.—Ulf Kjell Gür