Gonzales, a Spaniard living in Istanbul, reports the disappearance of La Rossa, a beautiful woman living with a mad painter, John Ward. Convinced that Ward has killed her, Gonzales sets out to trap him.

A sickly-looking Farley Granger stars as an alcoholic artist struggling to live off his paintings.He eventually acquires a faceless woman's mannequin, which after he decides to paint it transforms into a beautiful, apparently living woman. At first the woman is mute, but eventually she talks just enough that Farley's painter gets abusive with her, while she embarks on a promiscuous lifestyle.—Anonymous