Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel, Shannon's Place, sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries and other shady characters. Along with his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Bacall), he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations while navigating the waters around Havana. In this first episode, Slate and Sailor get involved in an arms shipment for a planned revolution.