 Frank Burns sets off fishing and promises his wife a half dozen fresh trout for them and their dinner guests. In fact, he s meeting Cullen, a blackmailing journalist, who knows Frank was once a killer and promises not to publish the story for a fee. Frank s wife thinks he s a retired engineer and he s accepted as a member of the local society set. Frank is tired of paying off his blackmailer and arranges with one of his former associates to take care of the situation permanently. Cullen has something else in mind, however, but Frank knows what he has to do. Unfortunately his former associates also have plans for Frank.