But his attempts at finding true love with the "girl of his dreams" are thwarted by her gangster boyfriend (played by David Friedman).
Rosie (Blondell) loses an expensive ring that her gangster boyfriend gave her, so they flee to Paris.
A world where crime is part of the norm and where women struggle to earn a living and have gangster boyfriends.
Elmer J. Butts, taxidermist, goes to a dry rally, where he follows the beautiful Hortense and her gangster boyfriend Butch Laredo into the meeting hall.
But he has a conflict of interest: he may be called on to kill his girlfriend's sister's gangster boyfriend.
Gary Sturgis as Joe, Jennifer's gangster boyfriend and drug dealer who has the town in fear.
Lana Turner's daughter recalls the circumstances under which she killed her mother's gangster boyfriend 30 years ago.
Warren Hymer as Louie the Lug, Dot Clark's dim witted gangster boyfriend and manager who travels with her to get the Wilson fortune.
During filming, star Lana Turner's possessive gangster boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, who was visiting from Los Angeles, believed she was having an affair with Connery.
He refuses to listen to her side of the story, only taking her prison record, the fact that she was with her old gangster boyfriend and fact that she put his daughter in danger.