Big Jack sends Colt, with Howie, to find a driver who was responsible for a hit-and-run that hospitalized a young child, and who has since jumped bail. Arriving in a small backwater town, Colt discovers that the man is actually a crooked sheriff, and finds himself up against the entire town's police force.
While shooting on location, Colt and his mentor Dan Wild go drinking and when they come out of the bar, the sheriff arrests Wild for being drunk. The next day, Colt learns that while in custody, Wild shot someone. Colt returns to L.A. and learns that the mayor of the town is crooked. He also finds out that the governor is trying to build a case against the mayor, but so far the only person willing to testify against him was the man Wild killed. Obviously Wild was set up. Colt then comes up with a plan. He organizes some of the stunt men who are Wild's friends, and they pose as bikers and go down to the town and tear it up.
After breaking Dan out of jail and with Mary who witness the murder Littlefield engineered, Colt goes back to L.A. to vindicate Dan. But when Littlefield learns that Mary's a witness against him, he calls someone in the National Guard and they capture Howie and the stunt men who were making their way back to L.A. So Colt can't let Mary testify, and with no other choice, he goes back to Littlefield with Dan and Mary to break Howie and the others. But Littlefield is ready for him.
While Colt is involved in a brawl with a troublemaker, the rest of a small town are held spellbound by a supposed U.F.O. and its mysterious pilot. With the local bank robbed and Jody seemingly abducted, Colt is certain that there is a more logical explanation and determines to find just what is really going on.
Dell Loomis is the man who gave Colt his break and he has been holding it over his head to get him to do things for him. He is also duplicitous. Presently, he has Colt working on a tenth-rate picture and provides him with shoddy equipment. When Colt's truck is damaged, he says that Colt has to pay for it himself. He then tells Colt that if he competes in a desert race to get some footage he needs for the film, he might be able to pay for his truck. But what he doesn't tell Colt is that he made a wager with a Vegas wise guy who, after learning how good Colt is and that they stand to lose $500,000, sends a man whom Colt once caught to make sure that Colt doesn't win.
A fitting story for Christmas -- Santa is arrested for freeing the reindeer. He asks what each wants for Christmas. Jody wants a white Christmas in spite of the current heat wave; Colt reluctantly says he needs a new truck. There is a child care center threatened with eviction, and some crooks want the bonds Santa's cellmate is hiding. Trench's slogan: "You bust 'em, we bond 'em."
Short documentary about the theme song.