Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon begins his day of rest on the incorrect foot when he obtains a traffic-violation ticket from a young policemans. From there, his 'regular day" consists in discovering that one of his most-trusted investigators has accepted kickbacks; hunts a run away lunatic who has actually killed a woman; tracks a young girl suspected of participation in a pay-roll burglary and after that aids break up a financial institution burglary.