A pair of hitmen drive to Eddie Macklin's house and kill him as he builds a brick wall in his backyard.

Eddie's brother Earl is released from prison in Illinois after a 27-month term for carrying a concealed weapon.

Bett confesses that the Outfit tortured her and threatened to cut her face up if she didn't lure Earl to the motel.

Menner explains that the bank that Eddie and Earl robbed together was an Outfit cover, so the contract on the two of them is simple retribution.

Cody gets them to leave by pointing out that the town sheriff is there; then he and Macklin hatch a plan to keep robbing the Outfit, using Bett as a driver.

That causes a physical confrontation that Chemey manages to deflate, allowing Cody and Macklin to leave in their new car.

After another ambush on the side of a road led by Menner, Cody and Macklin manage to kill him and his men.

Posing as a medic, Macklin puts Cody into the back of an ambulance, and they laugh about how easy it was to escape.

Despite the fact that James T. Aubrey, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, wanted the ending changed to make it more upbeat, Flynn remained very fond of the movie.

"[5] Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and praised it as "a classy action picture, very well directed and acted.

"[6] However, Time wrote, "Director Flynn makes a movie that has been seen before, without either the skill or spirit that distinguished such excellent predecessors as Point Blank and Get Carter.