James and Patricia Laner are in serious trouble. He is an unsuccessful architect who is addicted to heroin. She works at a Chicago brokerage house who has resorted to stealing stock so the couple doesn't drown in their financial troubles. A theft goes awry when a member of the operation is arrested in Cleveland. Because stolen property was transported across state lines, the FBI is now involved. Erskine goes undercover in the Chicago brokerage house. Now, James Laner is being cut off from his heroin supply to force his wife to steal again.
—Bill Koenig