A reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who is found strangled to death in his theater dressing room with its door and window locked from the inside.

Jim Ryan

Jean Royce

Police Sgt. Jardine

Pamela Gregory

Michael, theater watchman

Frank Murray

Ralph Burns

Ethel Wynn Merle

Alvin Merle

Walt

Play Co-star

Pop Collins, editor

Dr. Wattles, Medical Examiner
October 1, 1931

Jim Ryan

Jean Royce

Police Sgt. Jardine

Pamela Gregory

Michael, theater watchman

Frank Murray

Ralph Burns

Ethel Wynn Merle

Alvin Merle

Walt

Play Co-star

Pop Collins, editor

Dr. Wattles, Medical Examiner
