The thief: a gangster on the lam, is waiting for a boat which is to sail away from this harbor,a dead end. The liar: a young woman he meets in a restaurant tells him the story of her life based on the screenplay of a movie she was to make. They fall head over heels in love. The convict who has just escaped from jail wants to keep her out of his predicament, but after a night of desperate love, she refuses to leave him.And the police are tracking him down.

Paul Salomon s'est evade de prison. Il attend en bord de mer le bateau qui viendra le chercher. Suzanne, costumiere de cinema, vient d'etre renvoyee. Elle rate son train et rencontre Paul. Il lui confesse sa vie de truand, elle s'invente une vie d'heroine de film. Ils s'aimeront au terme de ce jeu de la verite et du mensonge.