A neighborhood "problem solver" is framed for murder by a couple of local crime bosses trying to get him out of the way.

Masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete, so they hire cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. When the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord, it's up to T to keep a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete. Then things get complicated. A pool hall, a boxing gym, women's well-furnished apartments, and the mean streets of L.A. give T room to sort out "what seems" from "what is."—<[email protected]>