After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying millionaire). He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer sentence if he doesn't prove the truth.
Genres: Crime , Mystery , Thriller
Keywords: based-on-novel-or-book , cigarette , femme-fatale , framed-for-a-crime , investigative-reporter , kidnapping , kidnapping-gone-wrong , neo-noir , newspaper-reporter , ransom-demand , rich-daughter , rich-wife , scam , set-up , sucker , temptation , writer