Bob Corey, recovering from a series of operations in a Veterans' hospital, learns that his friend, Steve Connally, with whom he intended to buy a ranch, has disappeared under circumstance that indicate he may have been involved in a murder. Accompianied by his nurse, Julie Benson, with whom he has fallen in love, Bob follows a series of clues and incidents, including three more murders, that leads to a gambler, masquerading as an undertaker to avoid taxes on his illegal income, has a whole lot to do with his friend's predicament.