Night Cry

Kendell Paine, a returned war hero, gets into a fight with another gambler, who is later knifed at their gambling club. It looks like Paine might be the guilty party. It's Lt. Mark Deglin's job to track him down. But Paine is in no mood for the third degree, and Deglin ends up accidentally beating him to death. Deglin knows he will never be considered for promotion with a killing on his record-accidental or not-so he sets out to cover it up.

But Deglin doesn't figure on Paine's girl, Morgan,...