 Philip Larkin (Terry Becker) is killed, and his step-father, Joseph Harrison (John Hoyt), is charged with murder. Joe is recently divorced from Larkin s mother, Ethel Harrison (Fay Wray) for his possible attraction to young Lorraine Stevens (Andra Martin), secretary to an import/export merchant, George Durell (Herbert Rudley). Lorraine is a friend of Joe s private secretary, Irene Collaro (Virginia Field), which confuses the issues. With Joe in serious difficulty, Ethel asks Perry Mason to defend him.