War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.

• Columbia Pictures
• Humphrey Bogart
• Lizabeth Scott
• Morris Carnovsky
• Charles Cane
• William Prince
• Marvin Miller
• Wallace Ford
• James Bell