Low-level Los Angeles mobster Willis Trent (Berry Kroger), anxious to bring down his ex-partner, Paul De Camp (James Seay), hires gifted young locksmith Tommy Dancer (William Campbell) to steal $200,000 from De Camp's safety deposit box. Tommy turns down the easy money until he meets Betty (Karen Sharpe), the tough but troubled girlfriend of Trent's corrupt lawyer, Earl Farraday (Robert Keys), whose love inspires the once honest man to attempt to double-cross the mob.