In a post-apocalyptic city, scavenger Hardesty schemes to steal valuables off a condemned man's corpse. When his partner jumps the gun, killing the man early, Hardesty stays behind to loot the body. But the man's vengeful widow catches him red-handed. After a bombing raid, he flees with his paltry gains, now hunted by the widow, his partner, the law, and fate itself. This gritty tale paints a chilling portrait of society reduced to its basest impulses. Yet glimmers of humanity persist — even in the ruins...