A small Arizona town is plagued by violence created from the tension between Anglo and Mexican-American youths. Tony (Tom Nardini) is the idealistic new kid in school who tries to alleviate long-time tensions between the rival factions. The Mexican gang is led by Paco (Zooey Hall), a hot-tempered youth with good reason to resent some of his Caucasian counterparts due to past prejudices. Bruce (David Macklin) is the leader of the white gang. Patty McCormack and Joanna Frank are the female interests who become victims of the gang struggles. Tony, formerly from San Diego, attempts to change the attitudes of the polarized and violent groups. Simms (Russ Bender) is a bigoted educator who fans the flames of hate, and Wilson (Arthur Peterson) is the school principal who is helpless to stop the violence between the two factions.

Una historia sobre las dificultades que encuentran en USA los estudiantes mexicanos, que toma otra vertiente con la llegada de Tony Perez, un estudiante procedente de otra ciudad que trata de incorporar unos nuevos métodos de lucha para conseguir que se les escuche en sus reivindicaciones. Uno de los últimos trabajos como director del veterano Maury Dexter fue esta modesta pero muy lograda historia sobre los conflictos raciales en un campus universitario americano, protagonizada por actores desconocidos en nuestro país.