简介：VictorShanleyhadoncebeenNewYorkCity'smost-acclaimedcrime-fighting,crusadingDistrictAttorneyandthescourgeoftheunderworld.Buttheworkaholicdemandsofthejobledhimtodrinkingandalcoholism.Dismissedfromofficeindisgraceanddivorcedbyhiswife,Carol,Shanleysoonfoundhimselfagutter-drunk.ButwhenhiredbygangsterAlKruger,racketeerinchargeofahot-carring,Shanleyissoonbackontopandmaderichintheprocess,andrelishingtherevengehehadtakenonthelaw-and-orderfactionhebitterlythoughthaddonehimaninjustice.Shanleybefriendsayoungengineer,BobTerrell,whohadinadvertentlygottenmixedupwithKruger'smob,andgetsBobajobwithanaircraft-factoryinTennessee.ButKruger,fearfulthatBobmighthaveknowledgethatwillincriminatehim,hashishenchman"Slim"Jacobsmurdertheyoungman.ShanleyvowstogetrevengeonKruger.…