Maverick director of a ghetto clinic goes against the rules by shielding a stabbing victim and a young drug addict. William Devane gives a good performance as a doctor who runs a ghetto clinic but runs it by his own rules and even tosses out an inspector sent by the Center which supplies his funds.

Dr. Eric Canford, a brilliant surgeon, comes back from war service with a dinking problem but refuses to admit it is affecting his work.