Annie, in true noir fashion, fatalistically falls in love with a millionaire who is quite bewitched by another lover and is not afraid to show it. In flashback narrative Annie explains that she met Dwight six weeks earlier and soon we understand Dwight's total obsession with "the other woman." How far will Dwight go to win and keep the love of his adored Bernette? What must Annie do to win Dwight's love?

A police detective investigates the untimely death of a nightclub dancer but the investigation is called off by the brass. The problem: the killer is still loose.

It's the nature of noir never to know who your friends are. A mobster is hiding out in a hotel room and one by one his thug friends abandon him.