Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

A Russian Mafia boss who wants to create an oil crisis in Moscow—and seize power as a result—sends Simon Templar to England to steel the secret formula for cold fusion from U.S. scientist, Emma Russell.