Johnny Nobody

Mulcahy (Bendix), an alcoholic Irish writer, defies God to strike him dead, and Johnny (Ray), claiming to be guided by a heavenly force, shoots him. He is arrested and dubbed "Johnny Nobody" by the townspeople when he claims to have no memory of anything prior to the incident. Father Carey (Patrick), the local priest, becomes involved when Johnny's lawyer asks him to support the claim that his action was really an act of God. The priest pursues his own investigation and learns that Johnny and his wife (Mitchell) conspired to kill the writer for stealing material from Johnny's unpublished book. He is prevented from offering this evidence in court, however, and Johnn...