 Harry Fabian is a fast-talking ambulance chaser. He sues and settles, looking to make it big as he carries on an affair with the wife of the owner of his Manhattan cafe hang out. While losing a case to a local mobster who fronts as a sports promoter, Fabian whiffs his future at a boxing gym - he decides to be an impresario. For protection from the mobster, he recruits the boss s older brother as his judge of talent, he books a hall, he orders posters. Soon he s in debt waiting for the big night to rake in the cash. His sweetheart wants to leave her husband, so she needs Fabian s help to get a liquor license. The mobster is making trouble. Can Fabian pull it all off?