Bored with the routine of normal labour & fed up with its wages, tough-yet-decent Jim turns his back on work & embraces the life of a wide boy. From the pubs & clubs of a lost West End to the gang warfare of the race-course & dog-track, Jim ducks & dives & lives his life on the edge, until he is finally forced to make a life-changing decision.

War drama starring Richard Attenborough, John Gregson and Michael Craig. Captain Williams (Gregson) is a martinet mine expert who undertakes to whip the hitherto lackadaisacal British Long Range Desert Group patrol into shape. This brings him into conflict with patrol leader Captain Cotton (Craig), but earns him the respect of hard-bitten trooper Brody (Attenborough). The wisdom of Williams' no-nonsense approach is demonstrated when the patrol is besieged by the highly-disciplined members of the German Afrika Korps.