Jim Derry is a hit man who is hired to kill a bookie named Eddie Breech. He begins to have second thoughts when he finds out that Eddie's wife Connie is confined to a wheelchair and is being cheated on by her husband. He talks to the Breechs and agrees to help the two fake Eddie's death so that Derry can get paid for the hit and the two can start over in Mexico. Derry goes to the morgue and aquires a body. He puts Eddies wallet and wedding ring on the corpse and starts it on fire after putting it in a car. Derry gets paid, but is arrested by the police. The police found the car and believe Eddie is dead. Derry tells the police that Eddie is in Mexico. The police then bring Connie into the room. She accuses Derry of shooting Eddie the night before. Derry has been set up. Connie killed her husband and set up Derry to take the fall.

吉姆·德里是一名职业杀手，他被雇来杀死一个名叫埃迪·布雷克的赌徒。当他发现埃迪的妻子康妮被限制在轮椅上，并被她的丈夫欺骗时，他开始有了新的想法。他与马裤交谈，并同意帮助两人伪造埃迪的死亡，这样德里就可以得到报酬，两人可以在墨西哥重新开始。德里去了停尸房，找到了一具尸体。他把Eddies的钱包和结婚戒指放在尸体上，放在车里后点燃了尸体。德里拿到了钱，但是被警察逮捕了。警察找到了汽车，相信埃迪已经死了。德里告诉警方，埃迪在墨西哥。警察随后把康妮带进了房间。她指控德里在前一天晚上射杀了埃迪。德里被陷害了。康妮杀了她丈夫并陷害德里让他背黑锅。

Le tueur à gages Jim Derry a un contrat sur la tête de Eddie Breech, joueur invétéré et mari de Connie, une femme superbe paraplégique. Il tombe amoureux de la belle mais rien ne va se passer comme il le prévoyait et va se retrouver rapidement au cœur d'un complot dont il n'est qu'un pion.