To settle her younger brother’s gambling debts, journalist Claire Shaw pays an uninvited visit to interview Sean Rhodes and unexpectedly becomes his lover; caught in family feuds and colleagues’ sabotage, she later breaks ties with him over her brother, yet after life-or-death ordeals and countless misunderstandings — during which Sean Rhodes wipes out his rivals and takes charge of the group — the two break through class constraints and finally come to a happy union.