The game plan concocted between gangster Sam Dunleavy (George Mathews) and saloon owner Barney (George E. Stone) seemed credible enough in theory, but the execution was a bit on the lame side. Ensconced in his bar's back room, Barney shouts out an imaginary argument so that patrons, including a cop (Joe Downing), can hear, so as to provide cover for Sam's hustle through a phony phone booth on his way to kill a former girlfriend (Beverly Michaels). She hooked up with another hood who blew town for some reason we're not privy too, and as it turns out, wasn't important anyway. Being it was entirely a one sided/one voice conversation, it's surprising no one else in the joint caught on.
Wouldn't you know it, Barney's obsession with cleaning his gun got him carried away, to the point of shooting himself by accident, just as Sam makes his way back from the unscheduled rendezvous with Blondie (Michaels). You have to give credit to the ex-girlfriend for thinking on her feet, she appealed to Sam's better nature by naming her baby Dunleavy. I guess it never crossed Sam's mind to wonder why the (imaginary) baby was with the father instead of Goldie. Instead, he's caught red handed for a murder he didn't commit, and for which he doesn't have an alibi. Aah, for the best laid plans of mice and men.
Wouldn't you know it, Barney's obsession with cleaning his gun got him carried away, to the point of shooting himself by accident, just as Sam makes his way back from the unscheduled rendezvous with Blondie (Michaels). You have to give credit to the ex-girlfriend for thinking on her feet, she appealed to Sam's better nature by naming her baby Dunleavy. I guess it never crossed Sam's mind to wonder why the (imaginary) baby was with the father instead of Goldie. Instead, he's caught red handed for a murder he didn't commit, and for which he doesn't have an alibi. Aah, for the best laid plans of mice and men.