Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the wife is also killed. Larry shuffles through a long list of suspects before revealing the killer...
Cinematography
Shadows doing heavy lifting the script couldn't afford.
Acting
Kent Taylor's mustache has more personality than most supporting cast.
Director
Eugene Forde
Kent Taylor
Lawrence 'Larry' Morgan
Doris Dowling
Margaret Loring
Dennis Hoey
Steven Loring
Louise Currie
Heidi
Ivan Triesault
Peter Vandaman
Arthur Space
Det. Capt. Fitzroy
Vera Marshe
Daisy 'Dizzy' Nelson
Bernadene Hayes
Mrs. Swann
Victoria Horne
Miss Phillips
Douglas Evans
Dr. Kenneth G. Swann
Ann Doran
Paris Wood
Victor Sen Yung
Wing - Houseboy
Ralf Harolde
Gunman
Marietta Canty
Petunia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Doris Dowling had just finished The Blue Dahlia and apparently couldn't escape noir purgatory.
This is Poverty Row studio magic—shot in days, released to fill double bills, now surviving as accidental art.
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