In the darkest days of World War II, Stella Hanson, a beautiful, intelligent daughter of a traditional West Virginia industrialist builds her own production company to aid the war effort. Her rich father wants her to consolidate her efforts with his own and support her family endeavors. However, she believes that her father is only interested in filling his own coffers and declines. She turns the day-to-day operations over to Paula Simpson. Simpson is more interested in obtaining all the government contracts she can get her hands on than she is helping her country. Her actions leads to conflict and Stella is found murdered. Who killed her and why seems to be the question on everyone's mind.