Exposed #7 (1949)

In the tense aftermath of a theater producer’s sudden death, Inspector Harry Caulkins gathers three suspects—each with a motive tied to jealousy, rivalry, and unrequited love—after the actress Gilda is found murdered in her hotel room. As the inspector probes their alibis, conflicting stories emerge from the jilted lover, the scorned rival, and the man who claimed to be her only true friend.

Jo, a quiet caretaker, stumbles upon the body of Joe Gates, found dead in a locked cottage with a gun in his hand—apparently an accidental discharge during cleaning. Herman Denzer, the man who once survived a deadly mountain crash with Gates decades earlier, now stands accused, having meticulously staged the scene to look like a tragic accident. But as police officers Ernest Clare and James Dayton examine the locked room, a subtle clue from Denzer’s own setup begins to unravel the perfect alibi.

When Tony "Tiger" Drexel is murdered, his two henchmen, the Fisher Brothers, set out to find the fortune he supposedly hid—starting with his former associate, Johnny Travers. As they track clues from Drexel’s secret cottage to a sunken treasure tied to his diving hobby, a young diver stumbles upon the truth, only to become a target in a deadly race for the money.

Nat Dimmock, a man driven by insecurity, resorts to sabotage and bribery to eliminate his rival, Fenwood, and seize control of major construction projects—starting with the Pulaski Settlement bid. As mysterious accidents plague his competitors, Dimmock tightens his grip, manipulating employees and engineers to clear the way, but his web of deceit begins to unravel as suspicion grows around his increasingly reckless methods.

In the quiet aftermath of a gambling raid, socialite racketeer George Darley schemes to frame his rival, editor Horton Colbert, for a murder he didn’t commit—using a stolen gun and a carefully staged scene. As Darley watches from the shadows, he sets the trap with cold precision, confident his alibi and the evidence will clear him. But when the police arrive, the carefully laid plan begins to unravel in ways he never anticipated.

In the eerie aftermath of famed explorer Jonathan A. Green’s murder, his estranged family remains trapped in his mansion under his dying wish—staying put or losing their inheritance. When private eye Malcolm Starr is called in, he’s met with whispers of a ghostly voice and phantom footprints, but soon realizes the supernatural clues are too perfectly staged to be real. As tensions flare and a fire breaks out in the barn, Starr pieces together a chilling deception built on ice, smoke, and misdirection.