
On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.

Alan Ladd
Ed Adams

Donna Reed
Rosita Jean D'Ur

June Havoc
Leona

Irene Hervey
Belle Dorset

Arthur Kennedy
Tommy Ditman

Berry Kroeger
Solly Wellman

Harold Vermilyea
Anstruder

Shepperd Strudwick
Blacky Franchot

Dave Willock
Pig

Gavin Muir
G. G. Temple

John Beal
Paul Jean d'Ur

Tom Powers
Howard

Red Light
Red Light

Champion
Champion

Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet

Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole

Pitfall
Pitfall

Larceny
Larceny

Deported
Deported

Cry Danger
Cry Danger

The Mob
The Mob

Slightly Scarlet
Slightly Scarlet

The Bribe
The Bribe

Party Girl
Party Girl