Artie Logan is the newest member of the Campus community. Suddenly, he meets Tally Fuller, the most popular and gorgeous girl in Fairfield college, who decides to date him. However, she is brutally murdered that night by a lunatic with a blowtorch, and Artie is falsely arrested. Despite objections from other cops, detective P.J. Decker buys Artie's tale and offers him 24 hours to find the real perpetrator.