Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tormented, about-to-retire matador named Luis Santos. He has inexplicably run away prior to a corrida, that was to occasion the 'alternativa' of a young, up-and-coming bullfighter. The mystery is solved 94 minutes later, after Maureen has conquered Tony, and Tony has saved Maureen’s life, by caping a toro bravo with his plaid horse blanket.