1940s Wichita, Kansas Local shamus Dwayne Wheeler is in the middle of the freewheeling no-holds-barred postwar underworld. Enjoying steady work as a bounty hunter for a local bail bondsman, he can often be found tracking down and apprehending fugitives in a fair routine. But when a rather eccentric bail jumper by the name of Fritz Harrigan drops out of sight under mysterious circumstances, Dwayne's care-free life takes...