Sportscaster Bill Stern drops in at the bowling alley---before they went uptown and became bowling lanes--- and exchanges some commentary with bowling pros Ned Day and Joe "The Fabulous" Felcaro. Ned and "Fabulous" then put on an exhibition of the skills that made both tops in their field at the time.
Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man.
Stevie Carson, a newspaper reporter, and Danny Butler, the "morgue" manager on the same newspaper, set out to track down the killer of a colleague, a book-reviewer who was involved with a group of rare book forgers and whose sister has been convinced her editor-fiance, Bill Monroe, killed him.
A hated country gentleman is murdered, and the inspector on the case takes the veiwer through his thoughts about the possible murderer and motives as he questions everyone concerned.