Denis Lenahan is a high diver. He drops from an eighty-foot perch into a nine feet of water at the Tishomingo Lodge and Casino just along from the Mississippi river. It's no sweat and the girls think he's pretty cool. However, when Dennis witnesses a murder from his perch, life gets shaky. Maybe he's gonna need more than strong nerves to see him through this one. The he meets Robert Taylor, a smooth-talking gangster from Detroit with a passion for the blues and a hustle involving the Dixi Mafia and a Civil War battle re-enactment. Robert takes Dennis under his wing - he needs a man who can stay cool under pressure. But when the guns start firing, Dennis needs to know who's shooting blanks and who's using the real thing...
