 An architect considers himself an inventor, but all of the gadgets he invents don t sell, and the pressures begin to affect his marriage. One weekend when his wife is out of town, he goes to the racetrack with a friend and winds up winning quite a bit of money. He parties with the friend and two girls they meet. When he awakens out of a drunken stupor, he finds the girl he was with has been shot and killed, and he is suspected of the murder.