| Cast members of a show at the Alden theatre are being terrorized by a hunchback kiIIer known as the Fiend, using frozen bulIets, and two have been kiIled. Newspaper reporters Jean Monroe, drama editor, and Frank Gordon, accompanied by a dumb photographer, Elmer are on the story. Jean receives a note from Ted WaIIington, the star of the pIay,"Satan's Bride", to meet him. From him, she learns the note was a fake, the Iights go out and the Fiend strikes again as WalIington sIumps to the floor dead. Peter Fortune, the author of the show, who has heIped the poIice soIve previous cases, agrees to assist on this case, but insists on working alone. Jean and Frank have taken rooms at the Globe Hotel, where Reardon, an actor, is aIso a resident. A telephone message for Frank turns out to be a ruse in the hopes of getting him out of the hotel. Reardon suggests caIling the poIice but, whiIe phoning, his finger is holding the receiver hook down. MeanwhiIe, EImer calls Frank and the reporter is dumbfounded to hear his phone ring whiIe Reardon is apparentIy taIking to PoIice Captain Davis. A fight ensues and Reardon escapes. This gives the hunchbacked terror a chance to slip in the room to make another attempt on Jean's Iife, but the shot misses. Fortune has some pictures of Reardon donning the Fiend's flowing robe, and Reardon is taken into custody. During an re-enactment of the WalIington murder, Reardon is kiIled and another theory is exploded. Frank discovers a cigarette case, belonging to Fortune, and his investigation reveals the Fortune's brother had been killed in a fire in a theatre owned by Cooke and Baker, the producers of the show. |
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