An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.
Película con la que la Metro Goldwyn Mayer intentó competir con las obras maestras del género negro producidas por la Warner Bros. Para ello contó con sus dos estrellas más populares: Spencer Tracy y Myrna Loy. Él es un agente de policía infiltrado en una banda de malhechores. Ella, la chica del jefe de la banda, ve la oportunidad de abandonar la mala vida cuando se enamora del policía.
Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff wants to stop spending while he completes business deals that could make them rich. One night, on a hunch, she bets and loses big at a casino, then she doubles her problems with more impulsive decisions. Hardy Livingston, a wealthy Casanova just back from the Orient, makes a play for her. Elsa dallies with Hardy, but soon, his insistence and her dire financial affairs seem destined to lead to adultery. Who's the cheat?
