 The government employee and family man Felismino Tinoco is awarded with one million in his job due to his assiduity, and his colleagues force him to go to a night-club to celebrate the prize. The showgirl Arlete and her smalltime crook boyfriend decide to steal the money from the naive Felismino, plotting a scheme with a fake murder and then blackmailing Felismino. When his greedy family finds that her earned the prize, his wife and his mother-in-law decide to spend the money in luxury. Meanwhile, his smart niece Sueli discloses the fraud and she is kidnapped by the bandit.