Wiseguy

Street-wise undercover Federal agent Vinnie Terranova is released from prison after serving a false rap to establish his cover, infiltrates organized-crime in Atlantic City.

In an attempt to take over Sonny Steelgrave's business, mob head Paul Patrice frames Sonny for several murder attempts.

A psychopathic murderer posing as Sonny's nephew double-crosses Sonny and holds Vinnie's girlfriend Gina hostage.

When Vinnie's young cousin, a boxer, is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Vinnie jeopardizes his cover by going to "legals".

When the local cops put the heat on Sonny Steelgrave and bust up several of his secret deals, he smells a rat in the inner circle and Vinnie finds himself the number one suspect.

After his mother is mugged in Brooklyn, an enraged Vinnie sets out to find the punk who did it.

Sonny's cruel punishment of a lounge singer who wants out of his contract triggers a cascade of events that leads to Vinnie's being photographed with McPike.

Sonny's impending marriage to a syndicate boss' daughter begins a supposedly businesslike realignment of "families".

An outraged Sonny Steelgrave accuses Vinnie of betraying him to his arch rival, then realizes the devastating truth-- that his paisan is an undercover Federal agent.

In the aftermath of the Steelgrave case, Vinnie tries to vindicate himself of his lingering feelings of betrayal and disloyalty by risking his life to save an old friend.

Vinnie's assignment to check out a contract killer leads him into a huge global contraband syndicate.

Vinnie, now a bodyguard for the Profitts, gets his first trial by fire when Mel Profitt disrupts the wedding of an associate, who retaliates by kidnapping Susan.

Vinnie tells Mel Profitt he is leaving to go home to New Jersey, but Mel offers him the biggest cocaine distribution network in the country.

When Mel's former girlfirend shows up, begging for readmission to the Inner Circle, he humiliates her, using her as a sexual pawn in a power game with a rival.

Vinnie retrieves secret records that enable Mel Profitt to blackmail a French official into buying munitions.

Small-time hood Aldo Baglia notices a photo of Vinnie in a newspaper, and tracks him down and shoots him for revenge.

When Mel Profitt's armaments deals go sour, he sends Vinnie back East to set up a narcotics import distribution deal with the mob

After rejecting an offer to finance a coup d'etat in the Caribbean, Mel Profitt becomes obsessed with a supposed voodoo death curse.

After Susan is arrested for Mel's murder, Vinnie refuses McPike's order to pull out of the Profitt case.

With Mel and Susan Profitt undone, McPike begins dismantling their empire, but Vinnie demands to stay on the case to get to the bottom of Roger Lococco's ties.