
A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.
Cast

Helen Parrish
Marie Morgan

Dick Purcell
Johnny Smith

Tim Ryan
Police Lt. Burke

Frank Faylen
Speed Dugan

Johnny Duncan
Harold Morgan (as John Duncan)

John Dawson
Tom Jackson (adult)

Addison Richards
District Attorney

Jacqueline Dalya
Marjory Morgan (adult)

Cyril Ring
Barksdale

Paul McVey
Uncle Adam

Lloyd Ingraham
Grandfather Morgan

Robert J. Anderson
Harold (child)
Shirley Jean Anderson
Marie (child)
Mike Donovan
Mike - Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Lester Dorr
Carter (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Uncle John (uncredited)

Herbert Heyes
Dr. Sherwood - Plastic Surgeon (uncredited)

Donald Kerr
Photographer (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Joe the Valet (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack
Police Coroner (uncredited)

Richard Neill
Uncle Wayne (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Cop (uncredited)
Crew

William Beaudine
Director

Tim Ryan
Screenplay
Charles R. Marion
Screenplay
Arthur Hoerl
Screenplay
Armitage Trail
Novel
Carl Pierson
Editor
Mack Stengler
Director of Photography
Lindsley Parsons
Producer
Charles J. Bigelow
Associate Producer
Glen Glenn
Sound Recordist
Edward J. Kay
Music Director
William Strohbach
Production Manager
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