Pavlos and Vlassis are two prisoners, who have been unjustly sentenced to death. When they are given an unexpected opportunity they decide to escape. Their attempt succeeds and with the handcuffs in their hands they disappear into the darkness. Pavlos decides to take revenge on the famous play-boy, Vasos Momferrato, husband of Sylvia, an old lover of his, because as he believes he is the man who wrongfully accused him of a murder.