Pierce Pennington is used to living a double life. By day he is a successful businessman, and by night he is a famous smuggler and arms dealer known as the legendary Captain Macheath...However, when young Portia Edwards, a prisoner living with her cruel grandfather-guardian, begs Pierce to take her to his ship and take him to England, a flame of passion suddenly flares up in the soul of the stern sea wolf - a powerful and burning passion that knows no barriers...