Terry Nolan, young and ambitious, rejects college scholarships to enter the world of organized crime. Soon, he's employed by Arnold Rothstein and Lucky Luciano, while being involved in the murders of Dutch Schultz, Mad Dog Coll and other notorious gangsters of that violent era. Jen Walker, a lovely Oklahoma ranch girl, left home to join the chorus line of sizzling hot dancers in Texas Guinan's famous night club where she rose to become the club's hostess. When Jen takes a wealthy polo player as her second lover, the sparks ignite a firestorm that sweeps over Broadway.