 Joe Manning returned from the Korean War a changed man and became a Bohemian artist, supported by his understanding mother and distrusted by others. On a drunken binge, Joe flirts with torch singer Irene Crescent, who is later found dead by the hand of the town s serial killer...and Joe s the prime suspect. No one will help Joe except carhop  Slacks . Can they find the real killer before he finds them?