Piano player Al Roberts don´t like to work in a New York nightclub. Because of his girlfriend Sue leaves to seek fame in Hollywood, he decides to move to L.A. as well. on the way in Arizona, bookie Charles Haskell Jr. gives him a ride in his convertible. Haskell has Al pass him pills several times along the way. Unable to rouse Haskell, Al opens the passenger-side door. Haskell falls out and strikes his head on the ground...