When they meet in her apartment, the protagonist's study partner is a single attractive woman who makes a pass at him. She dresses seductively and, saying good night, she gives him an unwanted kiss.

At night after a fight with his wife, a female nightclub singer says she wants to take the very drunk protagonist to her apartment before they are interrupted.

A mobster roughly shoves a woman backwards almost knocking her down her down when the protagonist steps in, protecting her, and punches him, starting a nightclub brawl, for which they are all arrested.

The protagonist is a pipe smoker; Cigarette smoking is also seen. At a night club, the protagonist gets very drunk after a fight with his wife.

The mobster and crime boss are intimidating characters.