Bird on a Wire

When the criminal Eugene Sorenson is released after serving fifteen years in a penitentiary, his partner Albert Diggs is waiting for him. Meanwhile, in New York City, the lawyer Marianne Graves travels to Detroit to a business meeting. While filling up her rented car in a gas station and mechanic workshop, she recognizes the attendant Billy Ray and her husband-to-be Rick Jarmin, but he denies. Rick is under the FBI witness protection program and calls his liaison Lou Baird, but the corrupt agent Joe Weyburn answers the phone call and tells that Lou has retired. Rick tells that has been recognized and Weyburn tells him to wait for a further contact. While returning to the hotel after the meeting, Graves parks the car nearby the gas station and witnesses Sorenson and Diggs trying to kill Rick. She helps him to escape with a shot in the butt and he spends the night in her hotel suite. But soon Weyburn tracks her credit cards and bank account and they are located, They need to flee seeking for help while their love is rekindled.