 Frisco s mother walked out on his father when he was a young boy. She sailed to America chasing her dreams, met a man in New York and had another son called Dallas. Twenty yars later Frisco and his father Roy exist in a sate of impoverished batchelorhood in a South London council flat. Life is uneventful until a letter arrives from Frisco s mother informing him Dallas is to pay them a visit. Dallas is really a small-time crook who owes money to the East Coast mob. Using the pretext of a family visit, Dallas is avoiding his murderous creditors while attempting to  aquire  new funds. Under the noses of his relatives he embarks on a criminal escapade to restore his depleted cash reserves leaving Frisco and Roy to deal with the consequences.