Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.
Cast
Dorothy Lamour
Merl Kramer
Sterling Hayden
Joe Cooper
Dan Duryea
Karl Benson
Irene Hervey
Ruth / Mrs. Alton Bennet
Phillip Reed
Guy Bayard
Harold Vermilyea
Dr. Redman
Alan Napier
Alton Bennet
Art Smith
Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
Irving Bacon
Sgt. Fayle
George Humbert
Italian Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Keye Luke
Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited)
Maidie Norman
Christine, Bennet's Maid (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
Charlie, a Fence (uncredited)
Crew
Lewis R. Foster
Director, Screenplay
Whitman Chambers
Screenplay
L.S. Goldsmith
Novel
Howard A. Smith
Editor
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
William C. Thomas
Producer
William H. Pine
Producer
Odette Myrtil
Costume Designer
Edith Head
Costume Design
William R. Fox
Sound Recordist
Darrell Calker
Original Music Composer
David Chudnow
Music Supervisor
Alfred Kegerris
Set Decoration
Ed Henderson
Still Photographer
Lewis H. Creber
Art Direction
