The artist of a comic strip bases his latest story on an unsolved murder mystery where he claims he will provide the identity of the killer in the last cartoon. Before he inks the denouement, the cartoonist is murdered and Kane, who had urged him to abandon the project and provide his evidence to the police, feels obliged to solve both crimes.
Private detective Martin Kane works in New York solving crimes. Depending on the year, Kane was either smooth and suave or hard bitten and the cooperation he received from the police depended on the year. The only constant was Happy McMann's tobacco shop where Kane hung out.
Directed by Frank Burns
Starring Walter Kinsella as Happy McMann Nicholas Saunders as Sgt. Ross King Calder as Lt. Grey William Gargan as Martin Kane Lloyd Nolan as Martin Kane Frank M. Thomas as Capt. Burke
