马科正在与年轻搭档雷·布莱顿一起寻找失落的金矿。他们找到了矿井，但马科不想分享利润，并设计了一个复杂的计划来摆脱布莱顿。于是，马科与身材丰满、金发碧眼的年轻佩吉结婚，他认为，三人一起在远离文明的小屋里过冬后，他迟早会抓住他们通奸的罪名，并可以利用“不成文法”杀死他们。布莱顿也因此逃脱了法律的惩罚。但事情很少按计划发展。

一个被判死刑的杀人犯，定于早上绞刑，要求在他最后几个小时里有一个女人的陪伴。

From IMDB: Hard, withdrawn city cop Jim Wilson roughs up one too many suspects and is sent upstate to help investigate the murder of a young girl in the winter countryside. There he meets Mary Malden, whom he finds attractive and independent. However, Mary's brother is chief suspect in the killing. And Mary herself is blind.