British crime thriller. Mickey Skinner (Leo Gregory) is a small-time crook saddled with mounting debts and a seemingly endless run of bad luck. Mickey's break finally comes when he is unexpectedy given the keys to the empire of gangland boss Don Barber (Vincent Regan). But does he have what it takes to make it in the big league?

Tim Cunningham directs this darkly comic British crime thriller. Hitman Bob Bass (Tom Charnock) appears to be handed a relatively straightforward assignment when he is told to execute a crooked accountant and bury his body. However, as he has a bad back, Bob decides to make the accountant dig his own grave first. This creates a number of complications. Firstly, the accountant tells Bob he knows where to locate a stash of hidden millions and offers Bob a cut if he spares him. Then a gang of thugs arrive looking for the money and a family and a dog out for a walk stumble into the picture...