一个上流社会的女记者(despite herself)到有庞大的劳动者的哈德逊河采访，被一个在哈德逊河下挖隧道的工人吸引住了

On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.

A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.