Charlie is a young woman who is thrilled that her favorite Uncle Charlie is coming home for good. But she soon discovers that her namesake, a "Wall Street financier," has a deep, dark secret. And knowledge of that secret by anyone can prove to be deadly.
Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominous events and conflicting evidence leave Helen suspicious, but uncertain about her brother-in-law as tension builds...
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
Чарли входит в доверие к женщине, а затем убивает и грабит ее. Чудом спасшись от полиции, он едет к своим родственникам в глубинку. Особенно тепло его встречает племянница, названная в честь дяди Чарли. Постепенно она приходит к мысли, что ее остроумный и находчивый дядя и есть разыскиваемый убийца.
