Criminal lawyer and amateur detective Clay Dalzell is hired by his friend Tim Winthrop to find his missing girlfriend Alice. When they attend a theater performance, Tim recognizes the star, Mary Smith, as Alice and she disappears once again. As Clay investigates, a reporter is murdered and Clay is wounded, leading to a complex web of suspects including a producer, a gangster, and a couple seeking to save a man from execution.
Star of Midnight
A lawyer is hired by a former lover to investigate the disappearance of a performer from a theater, uncovering a complex web of murder and deceit.
