A group of wanted men hijack a ship and head for a remote Pacific island which has no extradition policy with the United States. Along the way they pick up a girl, Irene Reynolds, who has jumped overboard from a pleasure yacht after shooting the too-attentive owner. As they near the island a discussion of how she will pay the $5,000 landing permit required of newcomers to the island. It is suggested by the brutal first-mate, Chuck Young, that she can earn the money by doing what she didn't want to do when she jumped the yacht.