Soon Johnny discovers that Ballin is more than a casino owner. He is the head of a tungsten monopoly with plans to take over the world. When a man threatens to stand in the way of his grand plans, Ballin kills him. The police know he did it, so he decides to stage his own death. Johnny takes over Ballin's business affairs, including becoming the head of the tungsten monopoly, (Randy?? The family?) and to everyone's surprise, he marries Gilda. She marries him for love, but Johnny has an ulterior motive. Almost immediately after the ceremony, he leaves her, saying "She hadn't been faithful to Ballin when he was alive, but she was going to be faithful to him now that he was dead." --> They didn't know how to treat him when he was "alive", so "honour" me now that I'm dead and LOVE me, discover the man you've never seen before!.
For nights Gilda awaits Johnny's return. After a frustrating visit to his office, where she tries to tell him that there were never any other men in her life, she begins dating -to get back at him.
Gilda soon finds out that Johnny has hired men to watch over every move she makes. After a few of her boyfriends are "taken care of", she realizes she'll never be free in Buenos Aires, so she runs away to Montevideo. She stays away for a while but soon returns with a new boyfriend who unbeknownst to her, is one of Johnny's men. He convinces her that she has to go back to Buenos Aires and get an annulment if she is ever to be free of Johnny. Back in Argentina she discovers that her boyfriend is on Johnny's side, and finds herself trapped again.
Meanwhile, the police have learned about the tungsten monopoly and those involved are arrested --> Murray. The casino is shut down --> concerts cancelled. Johnny avoids imprisonment by cooperating with the police. --> no need to explain this Detective Obregon (Joseph Calleia), who'd been watching Gilda as part of his investigation, knows she hasn't done any of the things Johnny thinks she's done. He has observed that Gilda is in love with Johnny, and that deep down he loves her. Obregon tells him the truth about Gilda, and Johnny realizes how wrong he's been. --> Michael will come back and the people will realize how wrong they have been about him . As she prepares to return home to the United States, he tells her he's sorry and that he loves her. Just then, Ballin steps back into their lives to reclaim Gilda. Finding them together, he tries to murder them both, but Uncle Pio (Steven Geray), the philosophical bathroom attendant at the casino, gets to Ballin first and saves Gilda and Johnny. Now made up and their love for each other finally expressed, the two depart for North America together.
