John Pelletti

When he is told that he is to spend three more years as a tailgunner, goofball GI Herbert Pumice thinks that a promotion--which he has little to no chance of getting--will get him out of the job he hates. He asks his girlfriend Sally, who owns the base café, for help. She goes to the base commander, Col. Baker--who she knows has a crush on her--to help out Herbert. Col. Baker schedules a promotion hearing for Herbert that Friday. He naturally fails it miserably, and then learns that Col. Baker is going out on a date with Sally. Meanwhile, the base military intelligence officer discovers that Herbert is a dead-ringer for the head of a spy ring intending to sabotage a new automated plane, and gets Herbert assigned to infiltrate the gang. Complications ensue.

Marty is a shipping clerk in the garment district and a wise guy trying to cut corners and get by on angles, and not very good at it. He meets Helen and decides to change his ways, but lack of patience in slow-progress jobs leads him to become involved with a neighborhood gang.

In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.

Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) est touché par la crise économique. Ancien soldat sans emploi et endetté, il peine à faire vivre sa femme enceinte (Kathleen Ryan) et son jeune fils. Un soir, il fait la rencontre de Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges) qui lui propose un travail. Il recherche un chauffeur pour l'accompagner sur des cambriolages. Tyler refuse puis accepte pour subvenir aux besoins de sa famille. Après plusieurs petits larcins, Slocum prépare un grand coup : l'enlévement du fils d'un riche citoyen de la ville. Tyler accepte et a pour mission de garder le kidnappé en attendant le versement de la rançon. Mais Slocum le tue ...