Thomas P. Manning, businessman and chess expert, mysteriously shot in a locked room, dies clutching some chess pieces. Police are baffled, and finally abandon the case. Six months later, victim's daughter Leah Manning, stung by a scurrilous book about the case, enlists the aid of Charlie Chan and Number 3 Son. Additional murders follow, leading to a climactic confrontation in a...
Hop Harrigan (William Bakewell) and his pal "Tank" Tinker (Sumner Getchell) operate a small airport and flying service, and are hired by J. Westly Arnold (Emmett Vogan) to fly an eccentric inventor, Dr. Tabor (John Merton), to his secret laboratory where he has a revolutionary new power unit. However, a mysterious character known as the Chief Pilot is interested in the inventio...
摄影师杰弗里斯(詹姆斯·斯图尔特 饰)因站在赛车道中间拍摄,断了左腿,只得在家静养七周。除了保险公司的护士斯特拉(西尔玛·里特 饰)和女友丽莎·卡罗尔·弗里蒙特(格雷斯·凯利 饰)每日前来照料,百无聊赖的杰弗里斯只能在窗前闲看邻居们的日常生活以打发时间。对面公寓的二楼住着人造珠宝推销员拉尔斯·托瓦尔德(雷蒙德·伯尔 饰)及妻子安娜(艾琳·温斯顿 饰),夫妻之间争吵不断。一个雨夜,杰弗里斯看到拉尔斯提着箱子外出数次。次日,杰弗里斯又看到拉尔斯用报纸包裹一把锯和一把刀。杰弗里斯起了疑心,他怀疑拉尔斯杀害了安娜并分尸抛弃。然而,杰弗里斯并未目击案发过程,也未见到尸体。那么真相究竟如何呢?杰弗里斯的推测只是他的臆想吗?为了证实他的推测,杰弗里斯要如何寻找证据呢?