He removed older gangsters and replaced them with young toughs new to the business. He also removed older gangsters and replaced them with young toughs new to the business. Jimmy and Johnny are two Brooklyn street toughs who never made it into workaday society. This time the talkative young toughs are out sleuthing for saboteurs in an airplane plant. In December they made headlines when they were assaulted by street toughs in Brisbane. One of the toughs or "" brandishes a knife. She is surrounded by street toughs who join Fox in a dance routine. He is beaten by one of the toughs, who then proceed to also beat Pila. Most of the men were "street toughs". He is also threatened by street toughs, from day to day.