When enigmatic young American, Melina (Louise Sorel), falls in with a group of Chelsea beatniks, she catches the attention of the gang's defiant leader, Moise (Oliver Reed), but invites scorn and jealousy from the group's other members, including Moise's lover Libby (Ann Lynn). At one wild and drunken party, the group's games are taken too far, and tragedy follows, but only when Melina's fianc
