Insurance salesman Walter Jackson's own policy has run out. He has only a couple of months to live and he has a still harder time keeping himself alive when his only son, not seen for years, gets involved with a woman who's the spotter in a ring of jewel thieves headed by the bent man of the title who plays on both sides of the law. Maling always tells a different story and seemingly a better one each time. He's one of the best entrepreneurs in the business of entertainment--urgently active and sympathetic.