 Gangster Moran (Edward Keane) gives Joe Murphy (Charles Quigley) several thousand dollars to bet on a horse race, the horse wins and Joe takes off with the money. Moran informs Mike Murphy (Frank Sherida), Joe s father, that no harm will come to Joe if Mike doesn t interfere with the robbing of stores on his beat. Joe s policeman brother, Terry Murphy (Dick Purcell), learns of the plot and sets out to free his father and brother of Moran s threats.