Fei Lung kills his boss in a mining accident. After serving a jail sentence, he returns to his village and finds his former girl friend married to Ju Hu. Ju Hu has gambled his family's fortune. He then sells his house and land for more gambling money. He loses it all, after being cheated, and is then beaten to death by gangsters. Fei Lung is captured and framed for Ju Hu's murder. He is taken to jail but escapes. After a bloody fight with three gangsters, one of them confesses to killing Ju Hu. There is a tremendous battle between the police and the Gangsters. The Gangsters are defeated and Fei Lung's enemies are killed.