In order to write a truly authentic story of an escape from behind the Iron Curtain, Powers decides to travel to such a country and attempt to escape himself.
The police are baffled by a series of murders which have no apparently cause or connection. Powers is convinced that the crimes have been ordered by a crime syndicate and sets off after the killer.
While riding on a train, a passenger strikes up a conversation with Powers, then suddenly gives him a package and leaps out the compartment window. The correspondent soon discovers that the package contains secret plans for an new jet aircraft and foreign spies are combing the train searching for the documents.
A gunshot man approaches competing reporters Michael Powers and Patricia Bennett with offers of big information for money. But when the thugs chasing the gunshot man see him talking with Powers, Powers becomes their new target.
While covering the attempts of a homicide squad to arrest a ruthless killer, Patricia Bennett is asked to serve as human bait to lure the criminal into the open.
When one of his best informants is murdered, Powers follows the trail to an obscure hangout for Middle Easterners, determined to avenge the beautiful young woman's death.
Patricia Bennett agrees to deliver a message to a courier in Geneva only to learn that she and other passengers on her flight are in grave danger from desperate saboteurs because of the message she's carrying.
While on a routine tour of a hospital behind the Iron Curtain, Powers is approached by an agent of the anti-communist underground who is requests his help to escape across the border before the authorities can capture him.
While covering an unusual number of arsons, Patricia Bennett gathers information indicating that the blazes where set by subversive agents intent on disrupting Western aid to countries still suffering from the effects of World War II
A blind storekeeper's predictions become the catalyst to overthrow a nation's duly elected government. Powers is suspicious because the prophet never makes predictions on anything but political subjects.
Powers gets a call from a member of "The Brotherhood", who is ready to blow the whistle on them as a fascist organization. When Powers goes to meet him, he is found murdered by "street thugs". Of course, Powers isn't buying it.
While interviewing people who witnessed a spectacular factory fire, Powers learns that subversive elements are committing arson to throttle a nation's industrial capacity.
