George Fraser is a loser, a coward, and a simpleton living in his own dream world—where he is an emperor of gangsters whom even Capone fears. People are very interested in his stories about fictional exploits. One particular young man named Sydney Brandt, who truly has a criminal past, is especially taken with these tales.
Sydney introduces George to his sister, and the one who is more dangerous than any man pulls the harmless fantasizer into a dangerous game…