While driving through the Alps, thief Roger Beckman was murdered by the local mafia, and his body was discarded in a nearby river. In the UK, his friend and fellow thief, Charlie Croker, was released from prison. After reuniting with his girlfriend, Lorna, to celebrate his newfound freedom, Croker intended to meet with Beckman to discuss a planned heist. To his surprise, he only encountered Beckman's widow. She insisted that Croker carry out her late husband's final masterpiece—an ambitious heist aimed at intercepting a transport convoy in Turin, Italy, to steal $4 million worth of gold.