When Elvis Valderez is honorably discharged from the Navy, he heads to the small town of Corpus Christi in Texas. There, he introduces himself to Pastor David Sandow, his long-lost father, soon becoming a stalwart member of the church. He manoeuvres himself into Sandow's family, charming daughter Malerie and becoming hero-worshipped by son Paul, but Valderez knows something of Sandow's dark past and begins to exact his revenge.