Josef Norin

Myra es una autora de teatro cuyas obras triunfan en los escenarios de Broadway, pero su feliz existencia se desmorona cuando escucha cómo su marido Lester planea matarla.

José Ferrer ganó el Oscar al mejor actor por su retraro del espadachín y poeta con lengua de plata que intenta atraer a la mujer a la que ama, pero que ama a otro hombre.

Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the company is closing down. Jarvis then makes a strange proposition, saying he intends to commit suicide but wants Sam to make it look like a murder, in order for his wife and son to inherit Jarvis's life insurance. Sam declines, but when he goes to see Jarvis and finds his dead body, he reluctantly goes along with the scheme.