New York police detective Joe Baron (Ford) lives large because wife Lisa (Sommer) inherited a stock portfolio. When the dividends stop, the Barons are in deep financial trouble just as Joe discovers wealthy physician Van Tilden (Cotten) is a pusher to the Park Avenue crowd. He also learns the doc keeps dough and heroin in his safe so he and partner Peter (Montalban) decide on a rip-off and things go from bad to worse.