Fran Varadi accidentally learned from the tramp Alkash Albi that he saw how at night some girl was grabbed on the street and taken away in an old car. The story seemed so plausible to Fran that she, overcoming her dislike for law enforcement officers, went to the police, where they brushed her off like an annoying fly. So Fran becomes a reluctant detective because he can’t get the unfortunate kidnapping victim out of his head.