An insurance man (Dennis O'Keefe) comes to town to clear things up about a suicide committed by the leading man of the town, since there is no trace of the gun nor of any bullet he begins to suspect murder, which in that case would offer double indemnity to the beneficiary, which is why he finds the question important and doesn't tire of digging in it to stir up every kind of trouble in the town, making everyone nervous and unhappy, since it soon becomes clear that everyone had all reasons in the world to kill the so called suicide. The sheriff (William Bendix) has all the cards on his hand, he knows who did it but keeps as silent as all the town, and the key scene is when he and O'Keefe sit waiting in the dark in the house of the murder waiting for the murderer to turn up, and the sheriff tells Dennis a story. He is not allowed to finish it, since they are disturbed by another one coming. It is a very intelligent murder case with a wonderful dialog all the way, and Barbara Britton is splendid as the leading girl who in the beginning drops all her Christmas presents getting down from the train, which is where Dennis O'Keefe steps in. Everything is good here, the photo, the music, the actors, all covering up for an unfathomable mystery, while in the end the insurance man has to realise that some illusions should not be shattered.
