Cosmo Vitelli是一个简洁的人，曾在朝鲜战争中担任兽医，他也是一个赌徒。他在加州有家脱衣舞点，叫做Crazy Horse West。 　　当我们遇上他的时候，他正在偿还最后一笔赌债。过后不久Vitelli又很快在一个非法的纸牌游戏中损失了23,000，这次他的债务人不再友好，逼迫他马上偿清债务或是杀死一个唐人经纪以抵债。影片最后，以Cosmo Vitelli一个人站在夜总会门外寂寞的街头，开始用手抚摩因受伤流着血的腹部作为影片的结束。Cosmo Vitelli owns the Crazy Horse West, a strip joint in California. He's laconic, a Korean War vet, and a gambler. When we meet him, he's making his last payment on a gambling debt. Then, he promptly loses $23,000 playing poker at an illegal local casino. The guys he owes this time aren't so friendly, pressuring him for immediate payment. Then they suggest that he kill a Chinese bookie to wipe off the debt. Vitelli and the film move back and forth between the double-crossing, murderous insincerity of the gamblers and the friendships, sweetness, and even love among Vitelli, the dancers, a dancer's mother, and the club's singer, Mr. Sophistication.