Curro Jiménez, nostalgic, decides to go see his old mother. There he meets a young woman who helps the old woman, apparently selflessly. Actually, this is a spy sent there by an enemy of the bandit.
The violent death of a great landowner and philanthropist casts doubts on Natalia, his young and beautiful widow. Curro Jiménez accidentally meets the son of the deceased and befriends him, setting out to investigate.
The boatman Curro Jiménez, due to the harassment of some wealthy people who take away his work and beat him up, assumes revenge by killing four men going underground.
The son of a wealthy landowner is kidnapped. The father receives a rescue request signed by Curro Jiménez. Curro appears before the mayor, denying that he was the author of the kidnapping.
Curro Jiménez, Pedro Higueras and Víctor Areco, leaders of three groups of bandits from the Andalusian mountains, interview each other, at the request of the second. The meeting is held on neutral ground and each attends with three of his gang.
Curro rescues a white horse and returns it to its owner, an ex-mercenary who is looking for work with his wife and son. The work offered him in a farmhouse is simple, must meet a band of murderers and finish with Curro and his guys.
Curro Jimenez receives a letter informing him that a former member of his gang is in serious danger. Curro sets out on the journey remembering how he met his friend and the struggles they had against the French.