Have you ever seen $10 million piled on a desk? What would you do for $10 million? What would you do if you thought that someone knew how you got the money? This is John Pierpont Ward's dilemma. John inherited a very successful investment firm, but had very little liquid funds when an exceptional deal comes his way. He "borrows" $5 million from his firm's funds and makes a large profit. Then, things go from bad to worse for John as he tries to cover up what he had done, leading to murder and then . . .