Joe Dallesandro

In an attempt to take over Sonny Steelgrave's business, mob head Paul Patrice frames Sonny for several murder attempts he makes on the life of the special prosecutor investigating Sonny.

Ben (Andy Griffith) defends a difficult lawyer (Richard Masur) who has been charged with murdering a mobster.

A psychopathic murderer posing as Sonny's nephew double-crosses Sonny and holds Vinnie's girlfriend Gina hostage.

Crockett is trying to help a friend, Barbara Carrow, who is a former high school classmate - she accumulated a sizeable gambling debt - and Crockett is charged with accepting a bribe from a well-known racketeer.

Sonny's cruel punishment of a lounge singer who wants out of his contract triggers a cascade of events that leads to Vinnie's being photographed with McPike--a photo that is to be delivered to Sonny.

Sonny's impending marriage to a syndicate boss' daughter begins a supposedly businesslike realignment of "families", but Vinnie learns that the wedding is a pretext for a bloody gang war.