Newyork gangster Ben'Bugsy' Siegel has a business trip to Los Angeles. Even a womanizer having a temper does not hesitate to kill or maim anybody crossing him. Back in L.A. the life, the pictures, & most of all strong willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait straight back home. Subsequently a trip into a post-apocalyptic betting joint in a location at the desert gives him his idea.