Plot: Police Sergeant Dave Culloran (Steve Cochran) is in search of a rapists who preys on young married women. The trail takes him to the expresso drinking, poetry filled coffee houses where young beatniks congregate and listen to inspired verse and live jazz music (Louis Armstrong). Dave interviews rape victims and coldly gathers information until his own wife is impregnated by the rapist, leading to a cat and mouse game and eventual showdown.