Phyllis - Danny's wife and Max's sister - at this moment lies at the point of death in Dr Benson's clinic. When Benson said her only chance was a medicine which had to be gotten from Chicago, help came from an unexpected source. Cheney - Max's  partner in the gambling racket. Cheney the gangster, suddenly turned good samaritan - climbed in his plane, and took off from the small pasture on a fog filled night to get the medicine...