Two professional killers fulfill a contract hit on an auto mechanics teacher in a school for the blind but are surprised that he does not try to flee and appears to welcome his fate. Charlie Strom, the older of the two hit-men, wonders why they have been overpaid for the assignment, and when he finds out that the victim, Johnny North, a former Formula One race car driver, had been involved in a million dollar robbery, they decide to pursue the matter. They become convinced that discovering the identity of the man who hired them is the key to finding the stolen money as they search out North's past with brutal efficiency.

Director Cameo: ['Don Siegel (I)'] a cook at a diner

Charlie Strom:
You see, the only man that's not afraid to die is the man that's dead already.

Factual errors: Silencers don't work on most revolvers.

Henry Mancini and Don Raye
Sung by Nancy Wilson