Witness To Murder

On a hot, windy Los Angeles night, Stanwyck wakes up to close her window and across the way she sees Sanders murder a woman. She calls the police, but by the time they arrive Sanders has hidden the body in the apartment next door and cleaned up any evidence of his crime. Police detective Merrill tells Stanwyck that she must have been mistaken and Sanders finds out it was she who reported him. He is a writer of historical novels and the victim was his mistress, who was standing in the way of his marriage to a wealthy woman. He pays a visit to Stanwyck, and as he leaves, he tampers with the lock so that he can get back into the apartment later. When Stanwyck goes out...