Plot

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his newly-minted detective brother assigned to the case alongside him.

Rich Lois Frazer, divorcing her fortune-hunter husband, finds he's bought a gun. Suspecting he plans to kill her, she calls in her lover, who just happens to be Homicide Lieutenant Ed Cullen. When Ed arrives, the gun gets used...and because of his relationship with Lois, Ed is compelled to compound a felony. The good news: Ed himself is assigned to the case. The bad news: Ed's hotshot younger brother Andy, a new- minted detective, is also on the case...and anxious to prove himself.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Andy Cullen , the rookie detective and brother of the homicide Lt. Ed Cullen, is assigned to work with him. Andy will marry his beloved Janet on the next days and Ed will be his best man. Ed is a wolf and is having a secret love affair with the wealthy Lois Frazer, who is divorcing her husband Howard Frazer. Lois finds that Howard has bought a gun and suspects he intends to kill her; so she calls Ed to help her. When they are together, Howard arrives and Lois accidentally kills her husband. Ed decides to help her and forges a crime scene near the airport. Soon he is assigned to investigate the case with Andy but his young brother wants to show that he is a good detective.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

San Francisco. Lois and Howard Frazer are planning on getting a divorce after three years of marriage, the proceedings which promise to be a bitter affair. There has been infidelity on both sides, she believes that he only married her for her money, and she believes she has discovered evidence that he plans to kill her to get all her money without needing that divorce. In a panic, Lois shoots Howard dead in their house in front of her boyfriend, Police Lt. Ed Cullen of Homicide, no one knowing of their relationship. On her pleads, Ed helps her not only hide the fact of she having killed him but disposes of the gun and the body for the latter to be discovered in a manner to throw any suspicion away from her. The body is discovered sooner than expected, with the lead investigator assigned being Ed's newly minted detective, his younger brother Andy Cullen. As they investigate, Ed, to protect himself and Lois, has to direct Andy away from certain facts, including Lois and Howard's troubled marriage and she being the mystery woman in his life. If it gets to that point of the truth coming to light, they individually may be forced to make a choice, Ed between Lois and Andy, Andy between Ed and his oath to uphold the law, and Lois between Ed and her own survival.—Huggo

In the San Francisco police department Lt. Ed Cullen (Lee J. Cobb) is saddled with the job of breaking in his new partner on the detective squad, his younger brother Andy Cullen (John Dall) who is eager to do well since he is getting married in a few days. Ed is having an affair with a wealthy married woman Lois Frazer (Jane Wyatt) whose marriage is on the rocks. It seems that Lois's husband Howard Frazer (Harlan Warde) is planning something sinister since he has purchased a revolver and hidden it in the closet. Lois calls Ed to come comfort her since Howard has stormed out ostensibly on his way to Seattle, but when the estranged husband sneaks in and Lois accidentally shoots him dead Ed feels he must help cover up the murder and make things right. Andy is much sharper than he appears and slowly he uncovers what seem to be the truth surrounding the husband's death and draws closer to Ed for a show down.