 Jeff Bailey, small-town gas pumper, has his mysterious past catch up with him one day when he s ordered to meet with gambler Whit Sterling. En route to the meeting, he tells girlfriend Ann his story. Flashback: Once, Jeff was a private eye hired by Sterling to find his mistress Kathie who shot Whit and absconded with $40,000. He traces her to Acapulco...where the delectable Kathie makes Jeff forget all about Sterling... Back in the present, Whit s new job for Jeff is clearly a trap, but Jeff s precautions only leave him more tightly enmeshed...