A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.

Richard Dix
as Earl C. Conrad

Gloria Stuart
as Alice Walker

J. Carrol Naish
as The Killer

Alan Dinehart
as Gorman

Trevor Bardette
as The Bum in the Next Bed (Uncredited)

William Benedict
as The Deafmute (Uncredited)

Charles Coleman
as Jennings, Butler (Uncredited)

Clancy Cooper
as Telephone Repairman (Uncredited)

Don Costello
as Lefty Vigran aka Gorss (Uncredited)

Ralph Dunn
as Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)