Luis Alday

Upon turning 55, Pepe, a bank manager, feels bored with his life. He abandons his family, quits his job, takes a woman younger than him as a lover, and becomes associated with a moneylender.

A man meets a former military service buddy who offers him a good deal. Money starts pouring in, but things change from one day to the next.

Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island is shot. Her Majesty's secret service is called in and Sam McCready asks Desmond Hannah of Scotland Yard to take charge of the case.

Au cours de l'une de leurs expéditions, des soldats romains rasent le village de la belle Amethea. La plupart des habitants sont tués ou emmenés en esclavage, parmi eux, le fiancé d'Amethea. Celle-ci survit et décide alors d'organiser une expédition punitive en compagnie de deux autres amies guerrières...