Mickey Rooney stars as fugitive gangster August Kolodney, who is on the run because rival gangsters have marked him for death, and August, who is paranoid, realizes he has been betrayed, and now alone with a bullet wound, seeks treatment from his doctor who tells him his blood pressure is dangerously high, and he will die soon if he doesn't retire. He suggests that a Dr. Glendon(played by Raymond Massey) will offer him a lifetime sanctuary for a price, which is much higher than he ever realized...Uneven tale has a fine performance by Rooney, and starts off strong(so to speak) but falls apart by the silliness of the twist ending, which just doesn't work.