Hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe (Montgomery) is asked by a publishing executive, Adrienne Fromsett (Totter), to locate the wife of her boss, publisher Derace Kingsby (Ames).
Hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe (Montgomery) submits a short story to Kingsby Publications. Publishing executive Adrienne Fromsett (Totter) hires him to locate the wife of her boss, Derace Kingsby (Ames).