Playing a kind of Prof. Higgins to his Eliza Doolittle, Kimble schools an uneducated woman while her boyfriend works his next big score. An undercover policeman, originally shadowing the gangster boyfriend, takes an interest in Kimble.

A young concert violinist virtuoso begins to buckle under both the strain of performing and the demands of his authoritative manager Max, himself a former violinist. Kimble suspects he might resort to a desperate act to rid himself of Max.