Mental patient Joe is saved from jumping under a train by Sandor. He is a "Gallowglass", a man forever indebted to the man who saved him. Joe joins Sandor as heads to Suffolk in search of beautiful ex-model held by an obsessive husband.
Sandor's attempt to buy off bodyguard Paul Garnet and get access to Nina fails. Garnet falls for Nina and their relationship becomes intimate. Sandor decides to kidnap his daughter using Joe's sister Tilly in the role of a nurse.