Man in the Middle

November 7, 1933.  Slot machines are big business; 2,000 of the one-armed bandits rake in $100,000 per week; ($50 per machine).  One night, ""Moose"" Tobin and 3 other Bomer hoods drop in on Porker Davis' upstairs gambling joint.  Tobin tells Davis that Bomer wants to teach him a lesson; the hoods chase everybody out of the joint.  Then they start throwing the slot machines out the 2nd story window; when one of Davis' employees tries to stop them, the hoods throw him out the window.  Ness and his men are on the case.  2 years ago, Ness had run the slot machines out of Chicago; now the slots are back. Joe Bomer, former kingpin in Capone's booze operation, now the czar of the multi-million dollar slot machine racket, calls Davis in for a meet.  Bomer gives him a ""take it or leave it"" offer: from now on, Bomer is his 50/50 partner.  Bomer also warns Davis: the machines take 30%; don't rig the machines so they take 50% or more, or the customers will stop playing.  Bomer will supply 40 of his

Un homme a préparé sa vengeance depuis quatre ans contre deux truands qui l'ont extorqué. Il s'arrange pour faire assassiner l'un par l'autre et mettre les fédéraux sur la piste du survivant mais sa femme est le maillon faible de l'entreprise.

Benjy Leemer es descubierto como informante de Ness, pero el agente federal tiene dificultades para proporcionarle protección.