Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Dana Andrews
as Edward Mobley
Rhonda Fleming
as Dorothy Kyne
George Sanders
as Mark Loving
Howard Duff
as Lt. Burt Kaufman
Thomas Mitchell
as John Day Griffith
Vincent Price
as Walter Kyne
Sally Forrest
as Nancy Liggett
John Drew Barrymore
as Robert Manners
James Craig
as "Honest" Harry Kritzer
Ida Lupino
as Mildred Donner
Robert Warwick
as Amos Kyne
Mae Marsh
as Mrs. Manners
