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Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.

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Top billed cast

Dorothy LamourMerl Kramer
Sterling HaydenJoe Cooper
Dan DuryeaKarl Benson
Irene HerveyRuth / Mrs. Alton Bennet
Phillip ReedGuy Bayard
Harold VermilyeaDr. Redman
Alan NapierAlton Bennet
Art SmithDetective Lt. Bill Dawson
Irving BaconSgt. Fayle
George HumbertItalian Restaurant Owner (uncredited)

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