Congo Crossing 1956 Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French murder charge, and Mannering, who pays resident hit man OConnell to kill her Through a chain of circumstances Louise, OConnell, and heroic surveyor David Carr end up alone in the jungle on Carrs mission to determine the true border of Congotanga in which Rittner is keenly interested