FormerbigcitynewsmanLarryWilderistiredoffightingthepowersthatbeandjustwantstoenjoyhisnewlifeasasmall-townnewspapereditor.Hethinkshisbucolicnewhomewillprovidehimwithaneasyandunconflictedlife.ButwhenayoungLatinofarmworkerisgoadedintoafightbyracistrichboys,Wilderfindshimselftheonlywhitecitizenofthetownwillingtostandupfortheboy'srights.HejoinswithSunnyGarcia,astafferforasmallweeklynewspaperfortheHispanicworkers,intryingtoseejusticedoneandpossiblytosavealife.