Candy (Jacqueline Bisset) is a courier for a group of Communist spies working in South Africa in the 1960s. Transporting a container of secret microfilm in her purse, Candy boards a bus to her destination. Soon, she realizes her purse has been stolen, along with the precious film inside. Skip McCoy (James Brolin) is the expert pickpocket who grabbed her bag without realizing what he has stolen. Candy attempts to retrieve her package from Skip while police close in on her.