New Jersey waterfront, 1933. Johnny Mizo had been marked for death by the American crime cartel; he had fled to Brazil. Now, he has returned to America to get the $200,000 he had hastily stashed in a hideout before fleeing. The Captain tells Mizo he has exactly 11 days, and then the ship sails back to Rio de Janeiro, with or without him. It's a foggy night; a Brazilian sailor gets off the ship before Mizo, and 4 Chicago hoods mistake him for Mizo. They shoot the sailor; a policeman shoots one of the hoods, Paul Santos. Back in Chicago, the 3 remaining hoods report to their boss, top gangster Vince Majesky-- who makes his dough off of protection, prostitution and narcotics. He owns a nightclub called the Silken Trap; his office is upstairs. Majesky is plenty sore about the botched job; he gives Denny Cole one more chance to get Johnny Mizo, or he'll be dumped in the river! Meanwhile, in the nightclub, beautiful Claire Vale is doing a dance number for the customers. Eliot Ness