The House Across The Bay

Raft is a suave and wealthy nightclub owner who hires Indiana-bred Bennett to sing in his club. He is so enamored of her that he proposes and for a short time they are happy, even though both Raft's lawyer Nolan and Pidgeon, a rich airplane manufacturer, also have hot eyes for the sultry brunette. When Bennett learns that a rival gambling faction is out to kill Raft, she concocts what she thinks to be a clever scheme to protect hubby. She turns him in to the IRS for tax evasion, believing he will be tucked away safely in jail for a short time until the opposition tires of trying to kill him. Nolan, however, purposely conducts a lame-dog defense, and Raft gets the b...