En 1925, le football professionnel n'est encore qu'un sport de brutes, parrainé par des petits entrepreneurs locaux à l'usage d'un public rural des plus clairsemés. Faute de règles, les matches tournent le plus souvent au pugilat, mais nul ne s'en plaint : les tribunes sont quasi-désertes...La pilule est d'autant plus amère pour le fringant Dodge Connolly, capitaine des "Bulldogs", qu'à la même époque, le football universitaire remplit les stades.

Private eye Roland Drake cracks cases and romances femme fatales in 1940's Los Angeles while corrupt cop Det Barry Tate rules the city. A tale told in the classic style of film noir. Drake has fallen on hard times in a harsh world. He has been evicted from his office and disgraced by a missing persons case. Ruined in the public eye and with the police. it seems like it's all over for Roland Drake. Then, redemption walks in - with curves. The owner of those curves is a sexy, dark haired beauty named Katherine Montemar. She wants his help. The chemistry is immediate and her concern for the disappearance of her family members pulls him into her case - and into bed.