At a hunting lodge retreat, banker Hubert Kingery (Eric Stanely) announces to five fellow officers that one of them has forged documents and embezzled $500,000. Before the evening is over, Kingery is shot dead and the police officially rule it a suicide. Kingery's daughter Gwen (Anne Nagel) does not agree and asks for help from her aunt's nurse, Sarah Keate (Ann Sheridan), who suggests her detective boyfriend, Lance O'Leary (Dick Purcell), for the case. O'Leary has all of the suspects return to the lodge and begins his investigation. Stuck in the snowbound shelter, the suspects and victims begin to pile up.
Elspeth Dudgeon as Aunt Kingery - who is described by the detective as a "scarecrow in a wheelchair" - steals the scene as a grumpy lady who disapproves of the involvement of a detective, saying nothing good will be come of it. Of course, she's wrong as Dick Purcell as the detective and his girlfriend nurse Ann Sheridan solve the case neatly - it has the typical suspects gathered in the house set in an isolated snowy atmosphere, locked room Murder, and the red herrings, but it's all done well with good dialogue and close attention to plot. It's an enjoyable mystery yarn.
Elspeth Dudgeon as Aunt Kingery - who is described by the detective as a "scarecrow in a wheelchair" - steals the scene as a grumpy lady who disapproves of the involvement of a detective, saying nothing good will be come of it. Of course, she's wrong as Dick Purcell as the detective and his girlfriend nurse Ann Sheridan solve the case neatly - it has the typical suspects gathered in the house set in an isolated snowy atmosphere, locked room Murder, and the red herrings, but it's all done well with good dialogue and close attention to plot. It's an enjoyable mystery yarn.