Accomplice

Richard Arlen is an eccentric P.I. His last case finished profitably, he's spending his time and money on old books, and is not looking for new cases. However, when Veda Ann Borg walks in,he changes his mind. Her husband had suffered a bout of amnesia and has now disappeared. Arlen suspects he's been tapping the till, but when he turns up dead, the case goes in a new direction.

It's a decently directed PRC mystery, with lots of actors past their sell-by date: not only Arlen, but Tom Dugan, Marjorie Manners, and even Francis Ford as an old coot. It's cheaply produced, of course, with most of the scenes shot on small sets, and occasional shots of Arlen walking into buildings, but the final third opens up a bit, with some location shooting around Shea's Castle in Lancaster. It's a well-tangled mystery, so that's a plus, but strictly second feature all the way through.