Freddie a pauper from Ireland spent his early years roaming from farm to farm searching for his fortune. One day he came across a sheep farm in County Cork and met the beautiful Mary who became his first love and gambling becoming his second. Earning enough money playing cards Freddie followed Mary and her family as they immigrated to New Zealand where and with the help of his Irish luck he became a professional gambler.Freddie's luck saw him through the second world war where he was captured in Crete and incarnated in a prisoner of war camp only to later escape into the arms of a Greek Countess.Freddie's luck follows him through hardship and joy but finally runs out like the man himself totally remarkable and unpredictable.