Ernest (Stick) Stickley just out of prison agrees to help a friend deliver a package. It’s a setup and his friend is killed. Stick is going to find out why!

A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.

When Fred gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student Susie. Opposing Fred is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, especially since the job of cop in 1980’s Miami is getting crazier all the time.