A Marine officer reported as killed in Vietnam, but who was actually a POW, returns home. Instead of being welcomed home, however, he discovers that his father has died, his wife has remarried, his daughter has been adopted, his business has been sold, and his life has completely changed.

Un prisionero de guerra americano, declarado muerto, regresa a su hogar al cabo de cinco años, para encontrarse con su vida totalmente transformada.

Su desilusión, así como el recuerdo de sus años de cárcel, provocarán en él violentas reacciones, llegando hasta el límite de la locura.