Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the company is closing down. Jarvis then makes a strange proposition, saying he intends to commit suicide but wants Sam to make it look like a murder, in order for his wife and son to inherit Jarvis's life insurance. Sam declines, but when he goes to see Jarvis and finds his dead body, he reluctantly goes along with the scheme.
Martha Scott
as Georgia Wilson
Jeffrey Lynn
as Sam Wilson
Harry Morgan
as Richard Webb
Katherine Emery
as Edna Jarvis
Richard Gaines
as Malcolm Jarvis
Henry O'Neill
as Timothy Hearne
Walter Sande
as Sergeant Cord
Michael Chapin
as Roddy Wilson
Arlene Gray
as Hilda Wilson
Raymond Roe
as Sydney Jarvis
Robert Bray
as Detective McTay
Dan Foster
as Tip (uncredited)
