It was produced by Mort Abrahams and written by Walter Davis and Steven E. de Souza (under his pseudonym Elliot Stephens).

[1] In Los Angeles, Judge John Eden (Beau Bridges) is presiding over the preliminary hearing of four gang members -- members of the Ice Men Gang -- who brutally robbed Ellen Reardon (Sandra Lee Gimpel), pushed her into the path of a subway train, and left her to fight for her life.

David has a large, mentally handicapped man named Ira Martin (Tiny Ron Taylor) working with him.

David reveals that he's holding John's wife Lisa (Julianne Phillips) in an abandoned warehouse, and that he's prepared to kill her.

Forbidden to call the police, and having no money or credit cards, John now has the task of running around the neighborhood on foot in the middle of the night, and returning with the evidence.