After the father of Vietnam veteran and ex-Green Beret captain Slaughter (Jim Brown) is killed by a car bomb, he becomes obsessed with avenging the murder. He learns it was arranged by a Cleveland organized-crime gang and tracks down the mobster personally responsible, killing a Mafia member in the process. The murderer, however, manages to escape.
Slaughter gets arrested and charged with first-degree murder, but Treasury Department official Price (Cameron Mitchell) offers to drop all charges if he agrees to go to an unnamed South American country to capture the escaped mobster, who apparently has a super-computer that helps him run his crime empire.
Upon arriving, Slaughter meets up with two fellow agents, Harry (Don Gordon) and Kim (Marlene Clark), having previously known Kim. The mobster responsible for the murder of Slaughter's father is Dominic Hoffo (Rip Torn), right-hand man of kingpin Felice (Norman Alfe). Hoffo, a blatant racist and sociopath, instantly hates Slaughter, especially when his comare Ann (Stella Stevens), a professional working for the organization, makes it clear she's delighted to have been ordered by Felice to present herself to Slaughter as a peace offering.
Slaughter, having no intention of backing down from his vendetta, accepts Ann's offer with pleasure, and her loyalties quickly transfer to him. Numerous fights and gun battles ensue, with the hot-headed Hoffo eventually killing the more reasonable Felice and assuming command, beating Ann viciously for her disloyalty. After a climactic shootout and lengthy car chase, Slaughter succeeds in killing Hoffo by incinerating him in a crashed vehicle.
Directed by Jack Starrett
Produced by Monroe Sachson
Written by Don Williams Mark Hanna
Starring Jim Brown
Stella Stevens
Rip Torn
Music by Luchi de Jesus
Cinematography Rosalio Solano
Edited by Clarence C. Reynolds
Renn Reynolds
Jim Brown as Slaughter
Stella Stevens as Ann Cooper
Rip Torn as Dominic Hoffo
Cameron Mitchell as A. W. Price
Don Gordon as Harry Bastoli
Marlene Clark as Kim Walker
Robert Phillips as Frank Morelli
Marion Brash as Jenny
Norman Alfe as Mario Felice
Eddie LoRusso as Little Al
Buddy Garion as Eddie
Roger C. Cudney as Gio
Lance Winston as Intern
Juan Jose Laboriel as Uncle
Francisca Lopez de Laboriel as Aunt