Eddy Crane is the leader of a gang that robs small businesses for petty cash. At one point, his gang accosts the broken-down car of a music business executive, Harry Bayliss. Afterward Bayliss wishes to call a tow truck, so he goes into the eatery where Eddy''s gang is celebrating. Bayliss overhears Eddy singing to the jukebox and offers him a chance to audition for his variety program.