László Szabó

In this drama, set during the Algerian War of Independence, a young Frenchman living in Geneva who belongs to a right-wing terrorist group falls for a young woman from the opposing side.

Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.