Jack Dawn (Buck Henry) and his family are eliminated by the mob, because he was their accountant and was keeping a personal copy of their records. However his six-year-old Puerto Rican son, Phil, escapes with Gloria (Gena Rowlands), a neighbour who was a former girlfriend of one of the gangsters. Gloria and Phil are chased throughout New York City because Phil has a black book containing the accounts of the mob.

East 162nd Street and Grand Concourse, Bronx.

Jeri Dawn's Apartment, 800 Grand Concourse and East 161st Street, Bronx.

Riverside Drive and West 156th Street, Harlem.

Hotel, 2 East 86th Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan.

Bar, 3774 Broadway and West 157th Street, Harlem.