Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking the stairs to avoid being seen by the elevator operator (Frank Jenks). The next morning, the cleaning lady finds Whittaker's dead body, an apparent suicide. Police Lieutenant Poole (Moroni Olsen) finds a letter signed by Whittaker in which the deceased states he embezzled $75,000. Soon, however, he suspects otherwise and, after investigating, arrests widower James "Jim" Trent (Walter Abel), the vice president of Whittaker.

Ann Harding
as Paula Young

Walter Abel
as James Trent

Douglass Dumbrille
as Stanley Whittaker

Margaret Hamilton
as Grace Franklin

Frances Sage
as Constance Trent

Moroni Olsen
as Lt. Poole

William Benedict
as Benny Ryan

Paul Harvey
as Martin

Frank Jenks
as Roy Levino

Murray Kinnell
as Defense Attorney Conrick