 Johnny, a professional gambler becomes the right hand of Balin, the owner of an illegal casino in Buenos Aires. This post becomes stressy, when Balin marries Gilda, the ex-friend of Johnny. She is having affaires with others, and Johnny has to do a lot, that Balin doesn t get informed about this. Due to some other illegal things Balin does, he has to leave Argentinia in a way, that he seems to be dead for everybody. After this Johnny marries Gilda, but not because he loves her, but because he wants to punish her of not beeing faithful to Balin. But things are not going in the way Johnny has planed