After a jeweler hires a private detective to help him find $50,000 missing from his company, he is murdered while attending a society party; and the private eye, aided by his comely secretary, vies with a bumbling police detective to find the murderer among several suspects, including the dead man's daughter, her current husband, her former husband, and an ex-convict.
as Clay Holt
as Peggy Cummings
as Detective Lt. John Aloysius McGinnis
as Elaine Purdy
as Willard Purdy
as Jerry Papolas
as Courtney Mallory
as Mr. Davidson
as Inspector Tyler
as Policeman