Plot

Although he is acquitted for lack of evidence of the crime of sedition, Bailey's private investigator's license is revoked and he goes on a drinking spree. He is then recruited by a former friend to conduct business with Communists.

Stuart is charged with sedition for passing top secret documents of national security importance to an enemy agent, a charge and act which he vehemently denies. Despite Stuart being acquitted for lack of evidence, his private investigator's license is suspended because of the scandal. In the process, many people abandon Stuart, not among them being those at and who hang around 77 Sunset Strip, but Jeff et al can't help Stuart if he doesn't want help, to which he seems not. What Stuart decides to do is drink himself into a stupor in no longer having any purpose in life. In waking up one morning not knowing where he is, Stuart finds that someone, referred to as the boss, is trying to "help" him, either in an act of true friendship or to take advantage of his current down and out status. He will soon find out which.—Huggo