A woman vanishes. Two men take to the road in search of her: they both love her. Why did she leave? Each one of them has his own suspicions, and hides them from the other one who—mysteriously—never ...
弗雷德（亨弗莱·鲍嘉 Humphrey Bogart 饰）和鲍勃（提姆·霍尔特 Tim Holt 饰）是两名穷困潦倒的流浪汉，一日，在酒吧中，他们从精明智慧的霍华德（沃尔特·休斯顿 Walter Huston 饰）口中听闻了有关金矿的消息，走投无路的两人打起了淘金的主意，他们谎称是猎人，驻扎在了山上。经历了种种苦难的挫折，幸运的三人找到了金矿。然而，随着金砂数量的增加，原本相互信任的三人之间出...