Down on his luck writer Eddie Ross (Eddie Constantine) comes to the aid of a young woman seemingly being accosted on the street. His heroism nets Eddie a job with an odd underground figure ...
After wedding the beautiful Genoveffa, Count Sigfrido of Treviri employs his right-hand man to look after his bride while he's away fighting in the crusades, unaware that his supposed friend has plans of his own for the new countess.