Detective Mark McPherson is investigating the homicide of Laura Hunt, found dead on her apartment floor, shot at point blank range. Throughout the investigation and interviewing of the prime suspects of the case, he falls under the spell of the striking young woman, falling in love with a ghost while he is trying to solve her murder. Full of twists and turns, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews and Clifton Webb reprise their Twentieth Century Fox movie roles as Laura Hunt, Detective McPherson, and Waldo Lydecker in this emotional thriller.