Plot
Away for two years, a woman named Mary (Ava Gardner) returns home. She attempts to reconcile with Kenny Veech (George Raft), her former romantic interest, but he is jealous and bitter, particularly after she takes up with Veech's mortal enemy, nightclub owner Lew Lentz (Tom Conway).
Veech and an accomplice, Gitlo (Victor McLaglen), hatch a scheme to rob and kill Lentz at a train station as he leaves for Detroit, then hide his corpse to make Mary believe he chose not to return. Mary manages to foil Veech's plans, but she remains torn between the two men.
Seeking vengeance, Lentz tries to pin a murder on Veech and Gitlo, who barely make a getaway. Gitlo and Lentz end up killing one another, Mary finds Veech recovering from a gun shot wound to the arm he had suffered while making his and Gitlo's escape. The movie ends at this point under the presumption they lived happily ever-after.
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