Nick Cherney (Raymond Burr) is in prison for embezzling from his workplace. The owner John Torno (George Raft) is responsible for putting him there. He sees an opportunity to get back at John by paying fellow prisoner Rocky to kill John's brother Jess upon his release. John finds Jess dying in his hotel room and asks, "What's his name?". With his dying breath, Jess tells John, "written in Bible". John obsessively searches the Bible for any clue. Then Nick gets release from prison.
I really like the premise of the Bible. At that point, it needs to be something truly imaginative. Instead of writing it out in the bible, he should write down the verse number which John finally figures out in the last act. The whole scavenger search for the bible does not really raise the tension. It never makes sense that Jess would write down the killer's name and not simply say it out loud to John. I do like the poetry of the premise but it does need some rewriting.
I really like the premise of the Bible. At that point, it needs to be something truly imaginative. Instead of writing it out in the bible, he should write down the verse number which John finally figures out in the last act. The whole scavenger search for the bible does not really raise the tension. It never makes sense that Jess would write down the killer's name and not simply say it out loud to John. I do like the poetry of the premise but it does need some rewriting.