by Hal Erickson
synopsis
This 20th Century-Fox programmer stars Preston Foster as breezy detective Steve Carromond. When a man dies of a suspicious heart attack, the victim's niece, Constance Martin (Ann Rutherford), hires Steve to investigate. The solution to the mystery lies in a tontine-like arrangement, wherein six WW1 vets have pooled their savings for a joint insurance policy, to be collected by the surviving veteran. Props essential to the action include a package of poisoned cigarettes.
characteristics
- Naive
- Murder
- Kill
- Search
- Uncle
- Wives
- Wife
- Investigation
- Insurance
- Death
- Dead
- Criminal
- Detective
- Dying
- Heir
