A doctor who is conducting experimental alcoholism treatments on prominent persons is arrested for the murder of the blackmailer who threatened to reveal the names of his patients.
A ruthless oil tycoon is slain and the young geologist he betrayed is charged with the crime.
Ryker dodges two vengeful brothers (John Milford, James Beck) and tries to figure out why a beautiful woman (Marilyn Erskine) is marrying a shy storekeeper (Jack Warden).