本片主角是一个老实的银行职员,同妻子的感情不融洽,他还是一个业余画家。后来偶然结识了一个名妓女,受到她的勾引。为了满足她的要求,甚至撬了老板的保险柜。在一次争执中职员失手杀了盘剥他的妓女并只身流浪街头。尽管如此,他还是尽力帮助一个贫困的少女,直到他本人被捕判刑。。Sardonic detective Shane, thrown out of one town for bringing trouble, heads for home and his ex-partner's detective agency. The business is in a sad way, and Shane, who has had the forethought to provide himself with a 250-dollar commission from an old lady on the train, is welcomed with open arms. When pretty Valerie Purvis walks in the next day willing to pay over。