John Rhodes (Gene Lockhart)hires private detective D. L. Trees (Jerome Cowan)to track down a talking blackbird owned by Fred Molner, who uses the bird as a means of blackmailing Rhodes. Molner has taught the bird to repeat �Don�t kill me, Rhodes� in the event he is murdered by a member of a gambling syndicate he has defrauded. Going to Molner�s apartment, Trees finds him murdered and his bodyguard, Ray Hickey (John Harmon), unconscious. Clues lead Trees to Mona Vance (Faye Emerson, Molner�s girlfriend, who is involved with Mark Harper (Robert Kent, presumably her lawyer.

Starring:

Gene Lockhart, Jerome Cowan, Faye Emerson, Marjorie Hoshelle

Genre:

Drama, Crime, Mystery