When gangland lawyer Frank Hobart (Sidney Blackmer) is murdered there are two suspects, Ilona Vanve (Vera Ralston), beautiful nightclub singer, and a hood named Stan (Warren Stevens), who has been hired by underworld boss Chad Bayliss (Richard Karlan) to kill Hobart.
Attracted to Ilona, Lt. Detective Roy Hargis (David Brian), tries to protect her in spite of the growing evidence against her and the pressure put on him by his assistant, Sergeant Lackey (Lee Van Cleef.) Hargis thinks the case has broken when a dance-hall girl, Sandra Lamoreaux (Virginia Grey), who saw Stan at the scene of the murder, tries to use this information to blackmail him, and is badly beaten.
She manages to talk to Hargis, and her story brings about Stan's capture and conviction for murder. But he didn't do it. Neither did Lee Van Cleef.
And Ilona DID and DID NOT.
Attracted to Ilona, Lt. Detective Roy Hargis (David Brian), tries to protect her in spite of the growing evidence against her and the pressure put on him by his assistant, Sergeant Lackey (Lee Van Cleef.) Hargis thinks the case has broken when a dance-hall girl, Sandra Lamoreaux (Virginia Grey), who saw Stan at the scene of the murder, tries to use this information to blackmail him, and is badly beaten.
She manages to talk to Hargis, and her story brings about Stan's capture and conviction for murder. But he didn't do it. Neither did Lee Van Cleef.
And Ilona DID and DID NOT.