After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
After an inquest determines that egotistical Jeff Ambler has committed suicide, six of his acquaintances, some of whom were financial backers of his art gallery, gather together, unconvinced by the ruling.
