한국전쟁에서 돌아온 알란은 아버지가 뉴욕에서 운영하는 여성 의류 생산 공장에 취직한다. 그런데 아버지는 노동자들의 노조 활동을 방해하기 위해 마피아와 은밀한 거래를 맺고 있었다. 패션 산업을 소재로 기업가와 노동자, 마피아들의 대결을 그린 독특한 분위기의 필름누아르. 뉴욕을 너무 어둡게 묘사했다는 이유로 알드리치는 영화의 제작이 다 끝나기도 전에 회사로부터 해고당해야 했다.
An agent from a distant planet has been sent to earth to ship large quantities of blood to his world, where a plague is ravaging the populace. He comes equipped with an interstellar matter transmitter, telepathic mind-control powers, and deathray-shooting eyes. Because he is also affected by the blood disease, he gains control of the town's physician and has him place a nurse at his disposal, while he collects live humans for fresh blood; but gains the nurse's suspicions, along with those of her boyfriend - a town police officer.
The Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly attempts to keep younger brother Sam out of jail. Bill finally gives up on his younger brother and heads for Colorado. He gets a job and all is well until his brother shows up and takes a job that puts them on opposite sides of the law.
