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Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews), thrown off a bus for not having the fare, begins to frequent a diner called "Pops Eats" , whose main attraction is a beautiful waitress by the name of Stella (Linda Darnell) seems disinterested in Eric, he decides if he had money she would pay attention to his advances. He marries June Mills ( Alice Faye ) for her money, and Stella is mysteriously murdered. Even though June learns of Erics dishonest plans, she still loves him. It is with her support that he investigates the killing on his own, eventually discovering the shocking identity of the real killer.
Eric Stanton is a penniless drifter whose smooth talk, which includes telling little white lies, gets the occasional free meal here and bed in which to sleep there. Wanting to get from Los Angeles to San Francisco, he, on his limited funds, is only able to get as far as the coastal town of Walton, 150 miles shy of his intended destination. Beyond getting that food and shelter, he plans to make enough money in Walton to get out of town as quickly as he came. He changes his plan when he meets Stella, a waitress a Pops Diner, she a young, beautiful but world wary woman who wants a better life for herself. That beauty is what attracts her to man after man who hangs out at Pops, they including aged Pop himself, former New York City Police Inspector Mark Judd who moved to the west coast with his wife for health reasons, Dave Atkins, who stocks the jukebox at Pops, and now Eric himself. Despite all the others clamoring for her time and attention, Eric believes he can be the one to win her by convincing her to marry him when he comes into a financial windfall. Using his association with Professor Madley, a traveling charlatan psychic with who he made a connection when he first arrived in town, Eric discovers that the Mills sisters, Clara and June, are worth $25,000, that windfall money which he plans to swindle especially out of younger June by romancing her. The problem is now more suspicious Clara who lost a good deal of the family wealth in being previously taken by someone much like Eric himself. Erics plan hits an obstacle when he is possibly implicated in murder.
Alice Faye
June Mills
Dana Andrews
Eric Stanton
Linda Darnell
Stella
Charles Bickford
Mark Judd
Anne Revere
Clara Mills
Bruce Cabot
Dave Atkins
John Carradine
Professor Madley
Percy Kilbride
Pop
Dorothy Adams
Stella's Neighbor
Robert Adler
Coroner at Murder Scene
Herbert Ashley
Reporter
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
Shoeshine Boy
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Bank Clerk
Chet Brandenburg
Man in Drug Store
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News Vendor
Chick Collins
2nd Bus Driver
Jimmy Conlin
Walton Hotel Clerk
Franklyn Farnum
Man Leaving Drugstore
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