The boatman Curro Jiménez, due to the harassment of some wealthy people who take away his work and beat him up, assumes revenge by killing four men going underground.

Curro Jiménez and his cronies get into an affair to get a fortune in gold coins.

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.