Murder Charge

When vice merchant Henry Blue rolls into town, there's a warm reception waiting-hot bullets from some overzealous competitors.

While the punctured gangster is indisposed, private investigator Max Thursday steps into his identity.

Counting on the fact that Blue is a stranger to San Diego, Thursday takes a gambler's chance on pulling off the deception.

Blue's daily, deadly rounds include contact with a gentle-voiced spiritualist, a gray-gloved thug, and a one-armed bandit.

The odds are against Max when two women arrive on the scene-one or both are setting him up as a target for some trigger-happy hotheads.

Max must slug his way out of trouble to smash the backbone of the sinister national crime syndicate that threatens to corrupt the town.