Cleve Marshall is an assistant district attorney who falls for the shadowy Thelma Jordon. With her servile past-- and her partnership with thief Tony Laredo concealed from the wedded attorney, Jordon attracts the quickly guided Marshall, as well as uses him to cover her transgressions. When Jordon becomes the prime suspect for the murder of her wealthy auntie, she resorts to Marshall, who mosts likely to terrific lengths to clear her name.