Mountain Rivera (Anthony Quinn) é um lutador de boxe à beira da aposentadoria que não consegue arrumar um emprego normal e é obrigado por seu empresário a participar de lutas-livres, daquelas que mais parecem um circo.
A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients.
A detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer who is murdered that very night. Of course, the woman becomes the main suspect. She and the gumshoe team up and begin searching for the real killer.
