Director
O filme ilustra a vida de Diogo Alves, um espanhol que veio viver para Lisboa e que, entre 1836 e 1839, perpetrou vários crimes hediondos, muitos deles instigados pela sua companheira Parreirinha. São invocados os assassinatos, os assaltos, a denúncia. O criminoso é, por fim, apanhado pelas autoridades e sentenciado à forca.
Bandoleiro (a bandit)
Diogo Alves is a Spanish fugitive that comes to the Portuguese capital terrorizing the inhabitants by his cut-throat methods against rich and poor people alike. He attacks the women launderers on the Lisbon Aqueduct and throws the bodies over the high wall, and assaults homes with his large band of criminals. Eventually arrested, he, his female companion and his henchmen are condemned to death by the court.