Two Legendary Names. One Relentless Stand-Off.

In one of the roles that made him a major star, Steve McQueen is out to stop organized crime as special investigator Martin Cabell. The man he's after: one time boyhood pal Frank Kane (John Drew Barrymore). These are the sizzling ingredients in Harold Robbins' screen adaptation of his bestselling novel, Never Love a Stranger.

Robbins, a master at depicting the steamier, darker side of life, paints a tragic portrait of Frank Kane. Starting out as a "numbers runner", Kane loses his girlfriend, Julie (Lita Milan), to mob boss Silk Fennelli (Robert Bray). Climbing up the underworld ladder, Kane reaches the top, where he succeeds in winning Julie back and making a bitter enemy of Fennelli.

With Fennelli gunning for him and Cabell looking to put him away, Kane's days seem to be numbered in this sultry film of lust, violence and a friendship torn apart.