It was based on the life story of real-life reformed thief Charles Mattera.

[4] Brooklynite Nick and his childhood friend Manny grow up to become petty criminals.

The two men come under police surveillance following a series of Beverly Hills bank robberies where the "gentleman bandit", as the press dubs him is a handsome, well-dressed man with a bandage on his nose.

The film received generally negative reviews, with Variety saying it "plays implausibly on screen, especially since Jordan Alan has no feel for authentic texture or volatility within the crime genre",[2] The Hollywood Reporter calling it "minimal entertainment with nothing to recommend it,"[5] and New Times finding it "[t]edious, poorly acted and predictable.

"[5] The Los Angeles Times, however, called it "[a] very good, satisfying B picture with a lot of A virtues.