A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in…

A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son’s romance with a high-priced hooker.

Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins’ farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn’t paid his back taxes. Charlton has to stay for a day to try to estimate…

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he’s gotten off was really guilty.