Preston Clearwater has been a criminal since stealing two chain saws and 1600 pairs of aviator sunglasses from the Army during the Second World War. Back on the road in post-war North Carolina, a member of a car-theft ring, he picks up hitch-hiking Henry Dampier, an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible salesman.
Clearwater immediately recognizes Henry as just the associate he needs — one who will believe is working as an F.B.I. spy; one who will...

After an international auto theft sting, dimwitted detective Do-chul is treated at a night club where he meets Tae-oh, the tyrannical heir to an untouchable mega-corporation, whose rude behavior rubs Do-chul the wrong way. One day, a truck driver that helped Do-chul with a case gets beaten and humiliated by Tae-oh in front of his nine-year-old son in a protest to get his overdue wages. The son finds Do-chul's business card and calls for help due to...