 The story was based on a novel called "La controfigura" by Libero Bigiaretti.A rich young man named Frank (Jean Sorel), who lives off his father, is shot in a parking garage and as he lays bleeding, he thinks back over recent past events in his life.While vacationing in Morocco with his beautiful 19-year-old girlfriend Lucia (Ewa Aulin), Frank became jealous of her interest in a young American traveler named Eddie (Sergio Doria).