***SPOILERS*** Out of work actor Ed Minnit, Douglas Dick,in what I assume in him trying to get a part in an "Dragnet" or "The Untouchables" TV episode impersonates the totally harmless and meek butterfly collector Tim "Burgie" Bergdoll, Joseph Hamilton, and commits a cold blooded murder at the local Gyspy Restaurant that his girlfriend Clara, Marian Collier, works at as the eatery's official photographer!
Minnit making sure that he's photographed, with his face fully exposed, by Clara blows cashier Maria , Helen Chapman, away in front of at least a half dozen witnesses! It's not long that the totally innocent and confused,in him being arrested for what later turned out to be 1st degree murder, Tim Bergdoll is behind bars with all the evidence, photographic as well as eye witness, stacked up against him!
The police calling in freelance photographer Mike Kovac,Charles Bronson, to check out the evidence he soon spots something very strange in the photo taken of "Bergdoll" gunning down Maria! The guy in the photo, Tim Bergdoll, looks at least 15 years younger then the person that's supposed to be in it!
Examining the negative Mike soon realizes that whoever shot and killed Maria was determined, by being so out in the open and amateurish, to frame Bergdoll for her murder! Mike's suspicions is soon confirmed when Minnit breaks into his apartment and, after whacking Mike in the head, takes off with the negative!
***SPOILERS***Mike knowing that Minnit is Marie's killer but not having any proof tricks, through Minnit's girlfriend Clara, the out of work actor to show up at Gyspy Restaurant to talk with a big time Hollywood director about a part, a leading role no less, he wants him to in his next mega million dollar, possibly "Ben Her" or "North by Northwest", production! Showing up and looking for his big break in the movies Minnit is instead put under the lights and given a face over by an expert Hollywood make-up artist, with Mike Kovac and the local police making sure he doesn't miss his appointment, who makes Minnit look exactly like the person in the photo who gunned down Maria!
Trying to make a run for it Minnit is apprehended,with a flying tackle, by Mike Kovac who together with the long arm of the law makes sure that his next movie part is behind bars at Sing Sing prison's notorious death row!
Minnit making sure that he's photographed, with his face fully exposed, by Clara blows cashier Maria , Helen Chapman, away in front of at least a half dozen witnesses! It's not long that the totally innocent and confused,in him being arrested for what later turned out to be 1st degree murder, Tim Bergdoll is behind bars with all the evidence, photographic as well as eye witness, stacked up against him!
The police calling in freelance photographer Mike Kovac,Charles Bronson, to check out the evidence he soon spots something very strange in the photo taken of "Bergdoll" gunning down Maria! The guy in the photo, Tim Bergdoll, looks at least 15 years younger then the person that's supposed to be in it!
Examining the negative Mike soon realizes that whoever shot and killed Maria was determined, by being so out in the open and amateurish, to frame Bergdoll for her murder! Mike's suspicions is soon confirmed when Minnit breaks into his apartment and, after whacking Mike in the head, takes off with the negative!
***SPOILERS***Mike knowing that Minnit is Marie's killer but not having any proof tricks, through Minnit's girlfriend Clara, the out of work actor to show up at Gyspy Restaurant to talk with a big time Hollywood director about a part, a leading role no less, he wants him to in his next mega million dollar, possibly "Ben Her" or "North by Northwest", production! Showing up and looking for his big break in the movies Minnit is instead put under the lights and given a face over by an expert Hollywood make-up artist, with Mike Kovac and the local police making sure he doesn't miss his appointment, who makes Minnit look exactly like the person in the photo who gunned down Maria!
Trying to make a run for it Minnit is apprehended,with a flying tackle, by Mike Kovac who together with the long arm of the law makes sure that his next movie part is behind bars at Sing Sing prison's notorious death row!
