Juan has just married Lola. News comes from Buenos Aires of a serious problem: his beloved uncle Roman has been arrested, accused of being El Gato. Juan knows that this is impossible. Essentially, because El Gato is him.
Lola decides to end her marriage. Juan asks her to reconsider and stay for Román for a while. She agrees in exchange for him to return what was stolen. Victor Nolden, the insurance detective, discovers the El Gato.
Juan prepares and carries out a typical theft of El Gato with the help of his old gang, to prove to the police and the prosecution that Roman is innocent. Lola ends up discovering that Juan is the real El Gato.