重刑犯艾伯特·刚茨在他的老搭档比利·拜尔的帮助下成功越狱,他们立即杀死了自己的同伙亨利·王,用假名字住进了三藩市的瓦尔登旅馆。年轻干探杰克·盖茨)郁不得志,酗酒成性。此番受命与同事VanZant 和Algren入住瓦尔登旅馆,调查名叫G. P. Polson的人,不想VanZant 和Algren被艾伯特所害。杰克欲为同事报仇,劝服上司Haden让他独立办案…
When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet.…