A gang of teen-age bank robbers led by an older man embark on a series of bank robberies in and around the Philadelphia area. In the first robbery they shoot and kill a mafia capo who happened to be in the bank. FBI agent Ben Douglas teamed with philadelphia homicide detective are assigned to bring the gang to justice. In each robbery if there is a guard in the bank he is shot and killed. To complicate matters the boss of the Philadelphia mob puts out a contract on the gang. The case becomes a race to see who will get to the gang first, the mob or the law. Pressure on Douglas and his partner increases when the gang and the mob exchange violent attacks on each other. The trail of violence leads from the row hof South Philadelphia to the jersey shore and back. Major resources of the FBI and the Philadelphia police are committed to bring and end to the growing tide of violence.