An English journalist, a correspondent for the London Times, arrives in Andalusia to interview Curro Jiménez to publish his biography. But it is not so easy to find him.

A landowner, an old friend of Curro's, writes to him asking for help. When Curro arrives at the farmhouse where they had met, he finds that he has died and his young widow is harassed by mysterious enemies. The bandit decides to discover the murderers, at the risk of his own life, out of loyalty to his friend.

A man persecuted by justice is pardoned for having captured the real culprit. After two years of absence, he arrives at his house where he finds that his stepbrother has taken over his farm and his legitimate wife.