Girolamo, a teenager from a good family suffering from bone tuberculosis, is hospitalized in a sanatorium where he is forced to suffer the harassment of his rough roommate, sadistically backed by an Austrian nurse. To alleviate his suffering a little will be the tender friendship with Polly, a sweet English girl.

Peter Goodrich, an English antique dealer visiting Naples for a pleasure trip, meets the beautiful Lisa Carter by chance and begins seeing her until the woman disappears.