Shakedown

A corrupt P.I. will do anything to make a buck and save his own skin. Joe Puma didn╔t kill Albert Target, but he is happy the pimp is dead. A small-time creep whose niche was recruiting wannabe actresses, Target perjured himself for Puma╔s sake, and the detective was afraid he might decide to talk. The cops know that Puma╔s crooked, but they can╔t prove a thing. He╔s a slick operator with an itchy trigger finger and a flimsy moral code - two things he╔ll need if his next case is to end as happily as his last. Fallen starlet Jean Roland comes to Puma with a plan to blackmail her lesbian lover╔s father - a dangerous scheme that would put Puma off if Roland weren╔t the most stunning woman in Los Angeles. Joe Puma likes money and he likes being alive, but he likes women even more. He╔d die for a girl like Jean Roland - but he╔d prefer it if someone else died first.