A young physician becomes lonely when his workaholic wife ignores him to concentrate on her professional career. He is befriended by an older female artist who is fond of hallucinogenic mushrooms. When his wife is late for their anniversary celebration, he drinks and takes mushrooms with the artist. He wakes up to find she has died and is fearful he may have accidentally killed...
杰夫（阿兰·德龙 Alain Delon 饰）是一名沉默寡言的杀手，他住在一间旅馆里，仅与一只鸟为伴。独来独往的他接到委托暗杀俱乐部的老板，尽管行动天衣无缝，但警察还是扣押了他。钢琴女马蕾莉（凯茜·罗齐尔 Cathy Rosier 饰）认出了杰夫就是当天的可疑男子，但她却选择了包庇杰夫，这使杰夫心生疑虑。杰夫找到中间人结算工钱，没想到中间人开枪打伤了他。逃过一劫的杰夫暗中查明了雇主的身份，找到并且杀死了他，但同时，他发现，当初袒护他的马蕾莉，居然是雇主的情人。心情复杂的杰夫举着手枪来到俱乐部质问马蕾莉，却被早已埋伏在此的警察乱枪打死，事后，警察们发现，杰夫的手枪中并没有子弹，他这一行为的意义也成为了一个永远的秘密。
