Roland West Productions

A masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.

When financier John Rossmore is found murdered in his library, suspicion points to his butler Hedges, who was instrumental in obtaining his divorce. At the trial, when the jury retires, Tom Smith, a young businessman who has sworn he does not know Rossmore, holds out for acquittal and tells his story to the jurors.

A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.