A once prominent family fight each other over the inheritance of a run down mansion. Motivated by individual greed, they turn on one another until they unite to subdue a stranger prone to violence. Outwardly the family retains respectability and their name is not sullied, but irreparable harm is done to the unit and mutual trust is shattered in the wake of the events that transpire.
A beautiful woman is married to a film director. Despite the apparent happiness of the marriage, she has an affair with a young womanizer, and flirts with a screenwriter. During the filming of a film directed by her husband, two actresses are mysteriously murdered.
Upon learning of the murder of a friend, a police inspector sets out to take justice on his own. This attitude, contrary to his usual convictions, will gradually destroy him.