Grøsser med farlig kvinne som truer uskyldig mann. Peter Derns jobber for et firma der den hensynsløse Charlene Towne er øverstkommanderende. Til firmaet kommer den mystiske og sensuelle Kris med lange ben og korte skjørt. Hun flørter med Peter, og blir etter hvert hans assistent etter at den tidligere assistenten var så uheldig å få hånden inn i en maskin. Firmaet står i fare for å bli overtatt av en større kjede, hvilket man forsøker å motarbeide, mens Kris søker sin egen vei mot toppen, og den ene etter den andre i firmaet møter en ubehagelig død.

Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.

The chronicles of Shyamalendu Chatterjee, an ambitious and self-made young man, as he rises his way up the corporate ladder. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2001.