碎玉溅飞花

Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy
) is a take-charge ca p

tain of industry who has  wo rked his  way u
p in a S 
an Francisco stee  l company from a posi

tion as a sheet metal worker. He loves his wif
e Irene (H elen Walker) very mu ch and they have planned a vacatio n d rive to
gethe
r. Iren e cancels at the las
t m
inute claiming a too
t
h ache, but asks th
at Walte r drive  her cousin Ji
m  Torrance (Tony Barrett) a s far a s Illin
ois. W alter agr ee s and he and Jim take off together but later Jim knoc ks Walte
r un
c  onscious and  takes th e car only to be hit himself by a tr
uck and kil led, his body burned beyon
d recogni tion. W alter comes to and sufferin g
 a con cussion  and deep c onfusio
n fr om feeling bet
rayed by Irene hides o ut

in a small Mi d
west town un
til guilt and pe er pr essure force hi m t o  go back to
San Francisco and t ell his story to the P

ol ice. But by th 
e time Walte 
r retu rns to S  an Francisco a clever detective L
ieutenant Quin cy (
Charles Co bu rn) has uncovered some fac ts about Irene and he r cousi
n  ' Jim. The police have be en h ol ding Irene
for the murde r  of her hus band Wa lter but r elease her c onsidering that Walter was hiding out because he ha
d k
illed Jim. Along the  way  to un c ove
ring the tr
uth in Court Walter rea li zes some hard fact about what he hol ds valuable and the trust he has
p u t in t
h ose a
round him.