When respectable stockbroker Bob Cain Sr. is convicted of embezzlement, Bob Jr. quits college and tries to find himself a job. He discovers, however, that no one wants to hire the son of a notorious criminal. Then a lawyer informs Bob that it will take big bucks to get his dad paroled, and he... When respectable stockbroker Bob Cain Sr. is convicted of embezzlement, Bob Jr. quits college and tries to find himself a job. He discovers, however, that no one wants to hire the son of a notorious criminal. Then a lawyer informs Bob that it will take big bucks to get his dad paroled, and he decides to get the cash by any means necessary. In a flash, Bob Cain, Jr. becomes Johnny Apollo, participant in organized crime. But the outlaw life turns out to be full of complications -- as Johnny learns after falling for a gangster's beautiful moll. Worse yet, Bob's father disowns him when he finds out about his son's new identity.