In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone can be really a loser: he is not able to promote his novels, he resides at a lousy apartment and he also doesn't be successful with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his publication for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells jealousy and promises to promote his own soul to the devil for victory and unintentionally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door along with seals a contract using Jabez. His superior novels have reviews but eventually become best-sellers. Jabez enriches. Has success with women, but has no time to get his pals. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who supplies him a opportunity to break the contract with the devil.