Thriller starring Susan George. After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. Following the death of her mother, Marianne (George) stands to inherit a large sum of money and also a number of documents containing information that will incriminate her father, who was a crooked judge. As knowledge of her new found wealth circulates, would-be kidnappers conspire to kill her and claim the substantial sum of money. While her father wants the documents, her sister wants the money and they will each stop at nothing to get what they want.