Stuart's grandfather, Havana-based hoodlum Sol Styfler, dies and leaves 12-year old Stuart a kingpin's ransom in precious metal - five shipping crates packed with silver dollars. Stuart now has the means, motive, and opportunity to help his friend Darla Hart dispose of her mother's creepy and abusive boyfriend, Lyle Violet. This guy, says Darla, has "got to go." They hire Stuart's grandfather's hitman, Budge"The Bat," to do the dirtywork, but when the hit on Lyle Violet goes very wrong, Budge the Bat decides it's Stuart and Darla who've "got to go..."
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