Bail bondsman Vince Kane (George Raft) gets dragged into a robbery and murder case centered on stockbroker Claude Brackett (Bill Williams), whose wife, Lucy (Ella Raines), happens to be Vince's ex-girlfriend. When the meek Brackett jumps his bail and ends up dead, mysterious lawyer Matthew Dawson (David Wolfe) and con man Max Collins (Robert Gist) start pressuring Vince and his mentor, Joe Farley (Pat O'Brien), to drop their investigation of the robbery and murder.