The brothers Mike, Johnny and Dave Farrell need money. More or less against their will, they let themselves be persuaded by the fascinating Calico to commit a break in. But their plan doesn't work out: On the run, Mike shoots the night watchman before a witness - who vanishes, only to reappear again and again unexpectedly. A nerve-wracking psychodrama begins: Is all this just a game started by the investigating detective to force a confession out of the brothers? Or are they slowly losing their minds? And while the pressure exerted by the investigators mounts inexorably, the conflicts between the brothers are breaking open. Now the detective prepares for the final blow...