Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.

Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.

Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he’s not interested in doing things with…