During the filming the last scene of "The Death Kiss", a gangster movie, the leading man is actually killed. The list of suspects into the death are long since the leading man was known to be a ladies man, having been with or married to most of the women associated with the studio. When the police arrest the leading lady, a studio writer, in love with her, starts to investigate the killing. Strange occurrences on the set and at the studio hamper the writer's investigation, but it doesn't stop him from trying to prove the leading lady's innocence.