When it occurs to a gangster that there are no more great racehorses, he decides to take matters into his own hands and rectify the problem. He hires microbiology student Willie Toleson and a disgraced veterinarian to help with his scheme, but a series of mistakes by his loyal thug Tony throws a major wrench into the works. When the student's girlfriend is accidentally murdered and he is suspected, his father hires a defense attorney and his estranged-wife-turned-investigator...