Hideout is a 1949 American thriller film directed by Philip Ford and written by John K. Butler.

The film stars Lloyd Bridges, Lorna Gray, Ray Collins, Sheila Ryan, Chick Chandler and Jeff Corey.

[1][2][3] A couple of thieves, Beecham and Evans, rob a Chicago socialite's diamond necklace.

Browning has no idea that Burdette and Hannah are actually accomplices in crime, and pays no heed when new secretary Edie Hanson suggests that possibility.

Browning doesn't realize how involved Hannah is until she shoots the two thieves and ends up having the stolen necklace on her.