Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.
Dorothy Lamour
as Merl Kramer
Sterling Hayden
as Joe Cooper
Dan Duryea
as Karl Benson
Irene Hervey
as Ruth / Mrs. Alton Bennet
Phillip Reed
as Guy Bayard
Harold Vermilyea
as Dr. Redman
Alan Napier
as Alton Bennet
Art Smith
as Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
Irving Bacon
as Sgt. Fayle
George Humbert
as Italian Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Keye Luke
as Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited)
Maidie Norman
as Christine, Bennet's Maid (uncredited)
