He sends a package containing a time-bomb to the maternity hospital where the judge's wife, Angela, is expecting a baby.

The bomb is discovered and the hospital evacuated, but due to their condition Angela and another patient cannot be moved.

Wylie, the commanding officer, although injured, manages to reach the hospital and enlists the help of Peter Godwin, a policeman visiting his wife, and Stefan, a porter.

[3] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Grotesque melodrama, whose high-spot is the climactic crosscutting (possibly symbolic) between Angela having a caesarean operation, and the three men carefully opening the explosive bottle with a diamond ring.

One or two scenes are mildly effective – notably the attack from the rooftops and the eerie descent into the tube tunnel – but the whole thing is swamped by the grossly exaggerated heroics and incredibly foolish dialogue.