- Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
- Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
- In New York, when cop killer Martin Rome arrives in the hospital badly wounded, lawyer W.A. Niles unsuccessfully tries to convince him to confess to the robbery of a collection of jewels and the death of the owner. During the night, Martin's girlfriend Teena Riconti sneaks in to visit him. Later Niles threatens Martin, telling that he would catch Teena to force her to assume the other crime. When Martin escapes from the hospital, Lieutenant Candella, who is an old friend of the Rome family, investigates the case and must chase Martin.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Basically the story of two tenement-bred Italian-American childhood friends who grow up with radically different views on crime, and are pitted against each other while following their chosen paths: Gangster Martin Rome is seriously wounded during a gun-battle in which he has killed a policeman, while Police Lieutenant-Detective Candella, of the homicide squad, is seeking the solution to another murder in which he suspects Rome could have been involved. Rome is taken to a prison hospital, but he escapes and murders again in an attempt to protect a girl who was innocently involved in some of his crimes. From there, the detective tries to track down Rome, and attempt to shatter the artificial illusions or hero worship on the part of Rome's younger brother.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
- It might be the end of the line for New York criminal Martin Rome: in a hospital on the possible brink of death from gunshot wounds, if he survives he faces the electric chair because he killed a police officer in the shootout that gave him his wounds. He is visited in the hospital by lawyer W. A. Niles, who wants to bargain with him to confess to the Digracia jewelry heist--something for which Niles' client Leggett has been charged--in part to have a bargaining chip to lessen his sentence for the police killing. This case is a difficult one for Homicide Detective Lieutenant Vittorio Candella: though he would like to see Marty put away as much as anyone else on the force, he grew up in the same Little Italy neighborhood as the Romes, Marty's parents, with whom Candella is still friendly, but who continue to want to remain unaware of Marty's criminal activities. Seizing on an opportunity, Marty, who survives following surgery, is able to escape. Beyond the fact that Marty is still lame, Candella, with his partner Lieutenant Jim Collins, could have an upper hand in knowing Marty's background. Beyond Marty's younger brother Tony, who dotes on his brother, Candella and Collins will watch many of Marty's old associates. While some of his old girlfriends, such as Brenda Martingale, are willing to help Marty, at least to an extent in knowing that he is a hot commodity, Marty is working on getting away with the one he professes to love, Teena Riconte. Thus, Candella must find Teena, who has disappeared; her whereabouts could be the key to apprehending Marty.—Huggo
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