 Sexy beautician Clara Calhoun, who has a bookie operation in her back room, connives with her boyfriend, mob collector Duke Martin, to stage a robbery of the day s take. But the caper turns violent; a cop and Duke s partner are shot; and Duke arranges for innocent Steve Ryan, owner of the car they stole, to be framed. At first homicide detective Mickey Ferguson thinks Steve is guilty, despite his attraction to Steve s sister Rosie. And the suave but ruthless Duke won t hesitate to keep it that way with more of his perfumed bullets...