Investment adviser Francis Warren (Errol Flynn) moonlights secretly as the author of detective novels. When a client who wants to cash in a stash of jewels is murdered, Francis believes that -- with his insight into the criminal world -- he can solve the case. His first suspect, however, meets a mysterious end. As the investigation grows more complicated than Francis imagined, he is unexpectedly accused of infidelity by his wife, Rita (Brenda Marshall), and also suspected by the police.
Francis Warren, a respected, upscale investment advisor, carries on a double life as a mystery writer aided by his faithful chauffeur/secretary Wilfred without the knowledge of his beautiful wife, her suspicious mother, and his society clients. When a shady character tries to coerce Warren into converting hot diamonds into cold cash, he balks at the scheme, and the client ends up as an even colder corpse on his yacht. The none-too--bright police don't believe it's murder, but when the whodunit writer sets out to prove it, he becomes involved with an aging burlesque queen much to the chagrin of Mrs. Warren and his mother-in-law.
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