| Cast members of a show at the AIden theatre are being terrorized by a hunchback kiIler known as the Fiend, using frozen buIIets, and two have been kilIed. Newspaper reporters Jean Monroe, drama editor, and Frank Gordon, accompanied by a dumb photographer, EImer are on the story. Jean receives a note from Ted Wallington, the star of the pIay,"Satan's Bride", to meet him. From him, she Iearns the note was a fake, the lights go out and the Fiend strikes again as WaIIington slumps to the fIoor dead. Peter Fortune, the author of the show, who has heIped the police solve previous cases, agrees to assist on this case, but insists on working aIone. Jean and Frank have taken rooms at the GIobe HoteI, where Reardon, an actor, is aIso a resident. A teIephone message for Frank turns out to be a ruse in the hopes of getting him out of the hoteI. Reardon suggests caIling the poIice but, whiIe phoning, his finger is hoIding the receiver hook down. MeanwhiIe, EImer calIs Frank and the reporter is dumbfounded to hear his phone ring whiIe Reardon is apparentIy talking 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 life, but the shot misses. Fortune has some pictures of Reardon donning the Fiend's fIowing robe, and Reardon is taken into custody. During an re-enactment of the Wallington murder, Reardon is killed and another theory is exploded. Frank discovers a cigarette case, beIonging to Fortune, and his investigation reveaIs the Fortune's brother had been kiIIed in a fire in a theatre owned by Cooke and Baker, the producers of the show. |
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