The film featured an early Hollywood appearance by Australian actor Rod Taylor.

Unjustly convicted of manslaughter in an arrested man's death, Steve is met by a friend from the force, Dan Bianco, and by wife Marcia, whom he shuns because she has been unfaithful to him.

Lye is told by Amato to murder Mario, even though the boy is the mob boss's blood relative.

Amato tries to tie up loose ends by ordering Connors to kill Lye and make it look like the death was "in the line of duty".

Steve, his reputation restored, considers going back to police work and also giving Marcia a second chance.

Robinson was unhappy being billed second to Ladd and dubbed the film "Hell in Beverly Hills.

Stuntman Louis Tomei was doubling for Robinson in a fight scene on a motorboat that marked the climax of the movie.

Bosley Crowther, reviewing the film for The New York Times, wrote that "thanks to Edward G. Robinson, who wears his role as snugly as he wears his shoes, and to some sardonic dialogue written for him" the film was "two or three cuts above the quality of the run of pictures in this hackneyed genre.