Framed

Mike Lambert (Glenn Ford), a penniless mining engineer, arrives in a small town and is soon ensnared by sultry waitress Paula Craig (Janis Carter). She wants to use him to help her and bank manager boyfriend Steve Price (Barry Sullivan) hoodwink the prospector Jeff Cunningham (Edgar Buchanan). However, things don't go to plan for Paula as she starts to fall for Mike, leading to a fatal car crash that she stages to cover up her role in the crime.