Small-time hood Rico Silva, dubbed 'Lucky' by Barney Ruditsky after he survived having his handsome face slashed to ribbons by Legs Diamond's mob, attracts attention by promoting an ambitious plan to unite all the mobs.
When New York Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey declares war on Dutch Schultz, describing the gangster as an "evil force that has to be destroyed," the Dutchman plots a hit on Dewey.