The city of Lost Heaven got hit hard by The Great Depression, and the advent of Prohibition in America means lucrative business opportunities for mobsters. The Salieri and Morello crime families vie for control over Lost Heaven, even as its few honest policemen scramble to maintain order.
Thomas Angelo's humble life as a hard-working taxi driver is forever changed after a fateful run-in with the Italian Mafia. Now he's doing jobs for Don Salieri and gaining respect in the criminal underworld, though his conscience keeps his ego in check.