- Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
- Returning a lost wallet gains unemployed veteran Chuck Scott a job as chauffeur to Eddie Roman, a seeming gangster whose enemies have a way of meeting violent ends. The job proves nerve-wracking, and soon Chuck finds himself pledged to help Eddie's lovely, fearful, prisoner-wife Lorna to escape. The result leaves Chuck caught like a rat in a trap, vainly seeking a way out through dark streets. But the real chase begins when the strange plot virtually starts all over again...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
- In Miami, war veteran Chuck Scott, who has been struggling in post-war civilian life, finds a wallet belonging to Eddie Roman. Beyond taking a few dollars to buy a meal about which he is up front, he makes the trek to the upscale address listed on the identification to return the wallet and the money. On the surface, this act turns out better than he could have imagined as Eddie offers him a job as a chauffeur, with even the way he accepts the job putting him in Eddie's good books. What Chuck may have suspected but quickly learns is that Eddie, hiding behind the front of being a legitimate businessman, is a violent gangster who demands total loyalty and has bizarre means to show his control, with his second in command, Gino, doing much of his work as the heavy. What Chuck also learns is that Eddie's unhappy wife, Lorna Roman, had no idea of Eddie's life when they married and as such now wants out of the marriage taking with her materially what she brought in, namely nothing. Eddie will not and cannot allow Lorna to leave in she now knowing too much. She turns to Chuck to help her escape. In their time together, Chuck and Lorna fall in love. By the time that Chuck realizes that Eddie and Gino are after them, the nature of the pursuit changes with Chuck, partly out of the stress, not knowing what is real and what is all in his mind.—Huggo
- In Miami, the unemployed veteran of war Chuck Scott finds a wallet on the street and has breakfast in a restaurant. When he sees the name and address of the owner, Chuck, who is a honest man, decides to return the wallet to the owner. He goes to the mansion of Eddie Roman and is received by his assistant Gino. Eddie appreciates the honesty of Chuck and offers the job of chauffeur to him. Soon Chuck learns that Eddie is a crime boss and befriends his beautiful wife Lorna Roman, who is fearful of Eddi. One night, she confides him that she would like to go to Cuba and Chuck buys the ticket for them two. They head to Havana in the ship Cuba and have a love affair. When they are in a restaurant, Lorna is stabbed and Chuck is framed and chased by the Cuban police. Out of the blue, he wakes up amnesic in his room. What has happened to Chuck?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Chuck Scott (Robert Cummings) is a soldier back from the war and down on his luck in Miami until he finds a wallet in the street which allows him to buy a long-overdue meal for himself. Thinking better of his good luck, he returns the wallet to the owner, tough gangster Eddie Roman (Steve Cochran) and his henchman Gino (Peter Lorre), two expensive thugs who do business by murdering their competitors in vicious ways. Roman hires Scott as his chauffer having him drive wife Lorna Roman (Michèle Morgan) to the beach but Lorna wants out of the marriage and asks Scott to escort her to Cuba. Scott plans to make the trip and quit the brutish employ of Roman at the same time. As it happens a war malady causes Scott to lose sight of his goals, recovering enough to follow through but with Roman and Gino in pursuit.
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