Anthony Simmons

In the Andes Mountains a group of archaeologists are murdered after they discover uncut emeralds. Back in New York, Joseph Wiley is down on his luck and has to get away from it all. He runs off to Mexico where he meets Lilian Holbrook. The two are instantly attracted to each other, but Lilian is on her way to meet Meno Argenti, the man who intends to marry her. In a borrowed hotel suite, Wiley is baffled when a mysterious caller tells him to 'look at the samples' in his drawer. The samples are stolen emeralds. Their scheme is brilliant. If they succeed, they’re rich beyond their imagination. If they don't, they're dead.

An electronics engineer (Ryan O'Neal) and his gal pal (Anne Archer) travel to South America, where they become involved in a plot to rob an emerald smuggler (Omar Sharif) of his fortune.

A skilled team of professional men plot to steal an enormous cache of emeralds. Their daring get-rich-quick scheme lands them in the middle of the complex machinations behind a Latin American revolution.