Gunnery Sergeant Seth Thomas main road (Eastwood) is approach compulsory retirement from the devil dog army corps. He wangle a transportation back to his old unit of measurement. On the bus trip to his new duty assignment, he meet fellow rider “Stitch” Mother Jones (Van Peebles), a brassy aspirant stone instrumentalist who borrow money for a repast at a remainder halt and so steal his bus ticket, leave him maroon.