In this Swiss film noir a private investigator stumbles onto a case involving blackmail and an oversexed, under-aged girl. He finds the girl, and, tragically, becomes involved with her.
Michael Delaney (Steve McQueen) é um americano que é piloto de corridas. Ele retorna ao circuito de Le Mans, na França, determinado a vencer, a despeito de ter quase morrido um ano atrás. Lá sente-se atraído por Lisa Belgetti (Elga Andersen), a viúva de um piloto que morreu no mesmo acidente, sendo que há uma grande possibilidade de Delaney ter sido causador do trágico acidente.
Hugo Wiederkehr, as a dutiful bank employee, has to deal with all kinds of customers. Among other things, with the industrialist Meissen and his pretty daughter Christine, with whom he falls in love. However, it remains unmatched because it belongs to a different social class. He also works as a hobbyist and inventor, which also requires a lot of money. When his employer refuses to give him a loan because his father is in prison for fraud, he quits disappointed.
