A wealthy Canadian has fatally shot someone. He needs legal help. The story he tells his lawyer is L.A. Escape. He is in California because he has seen a film with an actress who is the exact image of his dead wife when he first met her. He is desperate to meet this woman. He hires a detective to help him find her. He meets the actress and an arrangement is made. Two days later she is found dead in an alley and he has become a person of interest to the L.A. cops. He re-hires his detective friend to help him clear his name and find the murderer and in the process uncovers a web of drugs, blackmail and intrigue.