Robert Westlands date with the executioner is just around the corner when he finally decides to fight the murder rap sending him to the electric chair. Framed for his wifes grisly demise Westland is in a bind and his last hope is Bill Crane a boozesoaked detective whos as ruthless with a quip as he is when trawling the streets for Chicagos most brutal criminal element. Cranes got just six days to suss out the real killerhe sets his sights on a cast of oddball characters aided by a lime squeez