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Newspaper reporter Desmond Tearle, investigating the murder of racketeer Daks Hale, finds that the principal suspect has been framed. Then he discovers that Hale's mistress, the deadly Tina Tallan, had arranged the murder and intends to take over Hale's gang. Tearle, the object of her desire, becomes embroiled in Tina's world, as he assists her in a bank robbery. And when the robbery goes wrong, the bodies begin to pile up, with Tearle himself earmarked for a cruel death...