简介：InBrooklyn,fishingisthehobbyoftheworkersJonahGoodwinandOlafJohnsonandtheyusetofisheverynightintheiroldboat.Jonah'sdaughteristhetwenty-oneyear-oldtelephoneoperatorStellaGoodwin,whoisanambitiousyoungwomanthatdreamsonleavingherneighborhood.SheisthesweetheartoftheworkerGeorgeWatkins,asimplemanthatdreamsonmarryingher.WhenthesmalltimegangsterHaroldGoffarrivesinBrooklyn,heextortsmoneyfromJonahandOlafto"protect"theirboatfromfireanddatesStella.JonahtriestoconvincehisdaughterthatGoffisaracketeerthattakesmoneyoutofpoorordinarypeoplebutshedoesnotcaretoherfathersincesheseesGoffasherchancetohaveacomfortablelifeandvisitnewplaces.WhenshedisclosestoGoffthatherfatherhassavings,GoffdemandsthemoneytoJonah.NowtheoldmanisconvincedthattheonlychancetogetridoffGoffistofightback.…