 When the criminal Paulo Alberto (Nuno Leal Maia) is executed in the Baixada Fluminense, his lover Marluce (Betty Farias) keeps an old clock he stole in his last heist with a treasure hidden in its interior. The dirty detective Tito Lívio (José Wilker) tries to retrieve the object and the honest Gilberto (Jonas Bloch) protects Marluce. Meanwhile, an innocent and simple man, Valdir (José Dumont) , is wrongly accused of a heist and sent to prison. Together with Paulo Alberto s cousin, Jorge Fernando (José Mayer), who had had contact with a political prisoner, they found the criminal organization "Falange Vermelha", using the principles of union, confidence and brotherhood.