Farley is a simple accountant, a shy man, with an overbearing mother and a rotund abusive boss. One night, in the heat of the moment, parked on the street a strange figure emerges from the shadows, running, exhausted in a panic. This shadow is a man, he offers Farley money in exchange for a quick getaway, Farley within his moral malaise is filled with adrenalin and helps the man escape. In an exotic, sultry bar that night Farley has his first taste of another world, an alien yet alluring dangerous world with woman, booze and jazz. Farley bonds with the running convict called Charles Wells and they start the beginning of a beautiful friendship. With his job overwhelming him by day and his mother patronizing him by night, he sees Charles as a welcome escape in the world, a man of mystery an enigma who listens to Farley. But before long this simple friendship becomes something a little more dangerous.
