[1][2] This black and white classic opens with the image of the movie’s title written in the sand of the beach.

An older woman, Queenie, (Natalie Schafer) frets to her husband, Osbert Sorenson, (Cecil Kellaway) about calling the police.

The husband unplugs the ringing phone, and a woman can be heard sobbing and yelling from the other room.

The couple runs into another room as the distraught woman, Eloise Crandall, (Judith Evelyn) emerges from the bedroom.

The two make small talk and Amy states the house was rented at Mr. Markham’s request.

I’d like to be left alone.” Mrs. Markham states she intends to sell the house as she walks Amy out.

Sensing her unease, Amy apologizes and states that Mrs. Crandall was not a good tenant, to which Lynn replies that she didn’t believe her anyways.

A new officer at the door, Frankovitch (Stuart Randall), asks if they have the clothes from the dead woman.

Later, on the beach, Drummy tans while the Sorenson couple drinks bloody Mary’s and talk about how they were “about to make a dollar” out of Mrs. Crandall before she died.

Distraught by his disinterest, she attempts to drive the boat into a rock jetty, which Drummy narrowly diverts by grabbing the steering wheel.

He explains that used to work as a fisherman with his partner, Pete Gomez (Romo Vincent), but quickly ran out of money after a few years.

His aunt and uncle, the Sorensons, now provide him a place to sleep and some money for his time with Mrs. Crandall, who wanted to marry him.

While going to stoke the fire, Mrs. Markham discovers a secret cutout in the fireplace, which contains the diary of Eloise Crandall.

Eloise’s journal reveals she gave over $2400 to the Sorensons, not including gambling money, and that Drummy abruptly stopped visiting and calling.

Mrs. Markham throws the diary into the fire and pours a drink, when Drummy suddenly bursts into the room dressed in a suit.

The couple insists they were eager to meet her, and Lynn makes it clear they are not welcome to stay.

Lynn throws a drink at Drummy, accusing him of being a fraud and scam artist and recites phrases from the diary that he said to both she and Eloise.

She goes into the living room to find the maid, Mrs. Murchison (Marjorie Bennett) cleaning the house.

Over the next several days, Mrs. Markham is seen in a deteriorating state, drinking and smoking heavily and waiting anxiously by the phone.

She hears a disturbance inside and finds the patio doors have been left open, the locks broken, banging in the wind.

Drummy shares he was in an orphanage as a child, and stays with his aunt and uncle because he is “different from other people” while fondling a knife.

Lt. Gulley and Frankovitch arrive at the house, following a tip saying they should interview Drummond Hall about the murder of Eloise.

Gulley states the Sorenson's mentioned seeing him shortly before her death Drummy denies taking her money and says she was in love with him.

The Sorensons arrive to give their good wishes to the new couple and introduce their new driver, Roddy (Ed Fury).

Amy sees Lynn on the beach preparing to board the boat, and apologizes for speaking badly of Drummy earlier.

Hearing Drummy call for her from the house, Lynn hides the fuel pump on the boat and goes inside.

The studio also hired Zugsmith to produce, starting a relationship between him and Universal which lasted several years.

[4] A review in Harrison's Reports said that the movie offered "a fairly interesting though somewhat seamy mixture of sex, murder and suspense.

Jan Sterling, Cecil Kellaway and Natalie Schafer are the supporting players you may remotely suspect.