Cat burglar Spider Scott leaves prison vowing to go straight. But a government Security Officer approaches him to do a highly dangerous job, and is hounded by policeman George Bulman.
Fairfax has persuaded Spider Scott to burgle the Chinese Legation to retrieve a photo for the British Government. He accomplishes this but is seen and chased by Bulman.
Spider Scott is been tortured for the negative by two South African hitmen which he stole from the Chinese. He's luckily rescued and the discovers he may be in even worse danger than he thought.
