Inside the Law

Billy heads a mob of seven thieves, who go to California for a change of lifestyle. When they arrive at the Los Angeles county line, they are still not within sight of the city, but take interest when a motorcycle officer pulls over a drunk named Stanley Blythe. The thieves manage to pick Blythe's pocket before he is taken away, and although there is no money in his wallet, they find a letter of introduction to the Walnut Valley Bank, where Blythe has been hired as manager. Billy impersonates Blythe and brings in the mob to run the bank so they can have easy access to the cash. Judge Mortimer Gibbs, president of the bank, welcomes Billy and allows him to dismiss his old staff in hopes of revitalizing the business. Billy introduces the gang as his staff: Dora Mason as his secretary; the elderly Mom Cobb, and her husband as nightwatchman; and Paul Kane and Peter Clifford as tellers. After Gibbs presents Billy with the combination to the bank vault, Billy discovers that the bank is cash poor. The gang soon stumbles on an idea with which to lure customers: Billy advertises that he will give $100 to any depositor who brings in a safe that his cohort, expert safecracker Jim Burke, cannot crack. No safe is too tricky for Burke, and as news of his talent spreads, more patrons deposit the money they once thought was safe at home. The bank accumulates over $72,000, and the mob decides to stay a little longer to accrue more money... (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)