After a jeweler hires a private detective to help him find $50,000 missing from his company, he is murdered while attending a society party; and the private eye, aided by his comely secretary, vies with a bumbling police detective to find the murderer among several suspects, including the dead man's daughter, her current husband, her former husband, and an ex-convict.
Keywords:
Jewelry
Ex husband
Murder
Private investigator
Secretary
Police detective
Divorced woman
Ex-con
High society
Jeweler
Missing money
Society party
Current husband
Known criminal
Movie tag line: "A FAMOUS DETECTIVE ACCEPTS AN INVITATION TO A MURDER!"
Character: Clay Holt
Character: Peggy Cummings
Character: Detective Lt. John Aloysius McGinnis
Character: Elaine Purdy
Character: Willard Purdy