Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.

Chicago: Eine Stripteasetänzerin ist ermordet worden. Polizeipräsident Rowan übergibt den Fall dem jungen Captain Harrison. Die Spur führt zu einem Mann namens Swados. Dessen Freundin, die Tänzerin Mary Abbot, liefert ihm jedoch ein Alibi..