Following a bank robbery that has netted $200,000, Detective Paul Sheridan (Fred MacMurray) and his partner are assigned to stake out the apartment of Lona McLane (Kim Novak) in anticipation of her boyfriend showing up with the loot. Hoping to save herself, Lona tempts Sheridan into a torrid love affair and then suggests the he kill her boyfriend so that the two of them can escape with the...