Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.

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...—Rod Crawford <[email protected]>

Hell's Kitchen, New York City's slum district, is too small to hold "Ritzy" Kerry, son of the district's most feared-and-respected police officer, Tim Kerry. Two years behind bars has only served to instill in "Ritzy" the desire to get on Easy Street in one fast jump. Gangster "Whitey" Morris suggests that "Ritzy" drop by at a certain apartment. That night, at a dance he takes Julia Allen to, another gangster, "Duke" Matson, repeats the suggestion. "Ritzy" learns that the invitations come from his former mob, now ran by by the widow, Claire Morelli, of the former-and-late gang leader. She has a plan to pull off a big payroll robbery but, for it to succeed, "Ritzy" has to have his father get him a job at the police broadcasting station.—Les Adams <[email protected]>