Scriptwriter John Miller expected to find plenty of weird characters in Hollywood-but he hadn't counted on being the star of an off-stage murder plot. Who were the enemies out to wreck the Famous Names studio? Why had a powerful racketeer suddenly become interested in the new film company? And what was the truth about the blonde heiress who had her own reasons for keeping John Miller's mind far, far away from the technicalities of movie production?

Before either Miller or his pretty leading lady knew it, the shooting was being done with guns instead of cameras, and unexpected corpses were writing themselves into the story. Against a criminal syndicate that kidnapped, killed and had money to burn, the chances of the Famous Names company looked deader than silent pictures.