Richie Brockelman, Private Eye

Two thugs come after Richie, after he outbids them on a beat-up sedan at an auction he was hired to go to.

Soon after the husband of a former client of Richie's dies, he gets a job offer from a big-time detective agency. Then he learns the only reason they hired him was to pull him off a case of murder and industrial espionage that the agency was involved in.

Richie goes to Las Vegas to help an old fraternity brother who has a couple of con artists after him due to some gambling debts.

Richie brings the victim of an auto accident to the hospital, then goes to get the victim's wife. She claims he died in an airplane crash eleven days ago. When he goes back to the hospital, none of the doctors or nurses act like they even recognize Richie. When the wife disappears the following day, he joins up with her daughter to figure out what's going on.