A man on trial for the murder of his lover takes the witness stand to plead his innocence. He reveals how he was trapped in a loveless marriage because he needed his wife's money to support him. When his latest mistress died in a car accident, he saw an opportunity to escape, but the plan quickly spiraled out of control. Drama, starring Susan Hayward and Robert Young.

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.