Summary
In the glittering yet treacherous world of 1920s Broadway, a young chorus girl named Lila Hartley finds herself entangled in a night of opulence and peril. She accepts an invitation from the affluent and enigmatic financier, Charles Whitmore, for a lavish dinner that spirals into a murder scene when Whitmore is discovered dead in his Manhattan penthouse. Though Lila's alibi appears solid, the police's suspicion looms, prompting her to orchestrate a desperate gambit: she consents to marry the ailing aristocrat, Sir Reginald Pembroke, a man whose terminal diagnosis drives him to secure his fortune for a future she can claim. The marriage, a calculated alliance rather than a romance, is fraught with whispered accusations, looming creditors, and a relentless detective determined to unmask the truth. As the narrative unfurls, Lila navigates a labyrinth of deceit, societal expectations, and the fragile line between survival and culpability, culminating in a climax where love, betrayal, and justice intersect in the dimly lit corridors of high society.
Synopsis
A chorus girl goes out on a date with a rich man, but later that night he is murdered. Although she didn't do it, she doesn't want to be suspected of the crime by the police, so she marries a wealthy but very ill man who believes he will soon die and wants to leave her all his money. Complications ensue.
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