A kidnapped gangster joins forces with the hippies who abducted him.

Following a police raid of their all-night party, four young Miami beach bums set out in search of excitement. The group leader is Taurus, a part-time thief who supports himself by living off bored, wealthy Florida matrons. With him are the 25-year-old Sureshot, who exists on an allowance from his father; Herby, an ineffectual hanger-on; and Sandy, Sureshot's seductive sleeping partner from the previous night. After spotting some small boys playing with toy army weapons, they join in the neighborhood "war games" and chase one of the youngsters into his home. The child's father, former Mafia member Roc Delmonico, who is now a respectable hotel owner, mistakes them for kidnapers and offers himself as victim. The foursome, deciding to play along, take Roc to a fire-gutted mansion, where they plan to hold him for $200,000 ransom; however, Roc's wife, Monica, his business partner Fred, former Mafia associate Sam, and his mother all refuse to pay. Burdened now with a liability, Taurus decides that Roc must be killed to guarantee his silence, but in a burst of anger the kidnap victim seizes Taurus' gun and takes control. Enraged at his treatment by family and friends, Roc demands and receives $3,000,000 in blackmail payments by threatening to expose Monica's adulterous affairs, Fred's fraudulent tax returns, and various Mafia secrets. Wild with excitement, Taurus suggests that he and Roc kill the other three and split the cash, but Roc, aware that the bills are marked, sets fire to the money and walks away from his captors.