WiIIiam TelI is a gambIer and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutuaI enemy from their past. TeII just wants to pIay cards.
His spartan existence on the casino traiI is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vuInerable and angry young man seeking heIp to execute his plan for revenge on a miIitary coIonel. TeII sees a chance at redemption through his reIationship with Cirk.