When Gus Stewart's wife announces that she wants to divorce him, he starts thinking about committing suicide. His 14-year-old son Alex notices this and desperately tries to prevent him from doing so and to give his father a reason to live.
El ladrón Nat Harbin (Dan Duryea) y sus dos socios le echan el ojo a la espiritualista rica Hermana Sarah, que ha heredado una fortuna, incluyendo un famoso collar de esmeraldas, de un financiero de Filadelfia. Usando a Gladden (Jayne Mansfield), pupila de Nat, para fingir ser un admirador y acceder a la mansión donde vive la mujer, establecen un plan perfecto. Las cosas se complicarán.
