Struggling to rid their country of French colonialism, Ali La Pointe and his terrorist group paint the streets of Casbah red with the blood of their enemies.
Children shoot soldiers at point blank range.
Women plant bombs in cafes. Soon the entire Arab population builds to a mad fervor. French Colonel Phillipe Mathieu, a highly decorated officer, is called upon to quash the uprising. But Algiers is on fire and the battle has just begun.