Leo Percepied aspiring writer and selfstyled freewheeling bum gravitates to the subterraneans impoverished intellectuals who haunt the bars of San Francisco. On... » 

Leo Percepied aspiring writer and selfstyled freewheeling bum gravitates to the subterraneans impoverished intellectuals who haunt the bars of San Francisco. One of them is Mardou Fox part Negro part Cherokee beautiful and a little crazy whose dark eyes full of suffering and sweetness find recognition in Leo. But afraid of his growing involvement Leo sets out to destroy their love. «