A lawyer on the brink of ruin, a paranoid director, a dead movie star, and a picture no one will ever see. It is 1952 and showbusiness lawyer Robert L Harvey is on the brink of financial ruin. The Hollywood witch-hunt is putting him out of business. That is, until, he receives a call from movie director, and constant paranoid, Michael Bloom. The big shot has misplaced the film reels of his latest project, the star of which has recently died. Harvey thinks it's a job for the police but the director is adamant he doesn't want his employer, Mayor Studios, to know their investment is lost. Desperate for the money Harvey agrees, but when he delves into a side of the movie industry he's never seen before his priorities have to change.