Dead Reckoning

L.A. 1940. When ex heart-throb movie star, Neville Beaumont, is found dead with a gun in his hand everyone assumes it's suicide. Especially when they find out he was being blackmailed. Frank is not so sure, he does a little digging and doesn't like what he finds. Meanwhile, Bugsy Siegel has arrived in town in a mob move to take over the L.A. rackets, causing a feud between local gang bosses, Mickey Cohen and Jack Dragna. Added to this mix there's a ruthless vigilante killer at large and no-one knows where he'll strike next, least of all, the cops. Down at RKO they're filming the Black Pirate, a swashbuckling technicolor movie, maybe the killer is impressed with the blood-thirsty justice they handed out in old Spanish Main! Frank DeMarco, private eye, is once again on the trail of a killer when he meets ex-silent movie star Lita Barry, beautiful night-club singer, Nadine, and the stunning new raven-haired assistant District Attorney, Laura Shelby, who knows exactly what she wants... and how to get it!