'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.

Eddie Murphy
as Quick

Richard Pryor
as Sugar Ray

Redd Foxx
as Bennie Wilson

Danny Aiello
as Phil Cantone

Michael Lerner
as Bugsy Calhoune

Della Reese
as Vera

Berlinda Tolbert
as Annie

Lela Rochon
as Sunshine

Jasmine Guy
as Dominique La Rue

Christopher Jackson
as Crapshooter