 Tim Kerry, a cop on the beat in Hell s Kitchen, welcomes his grown son Ritzy home after a two-year prison term. Ritzy s former friends and his ex-girl Julia join with Tim in hoping he ll go straight. But local gang leader Claire Morelli (the former boss s widow) knows of Ritzy s talents from other ex-cons, and makes him an offer hard to refuse. A chain of double-crosses seems to make tragedy inevitable...