A murderous bank robber on the run from the law hides out in a small town.

A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.

One dark and stormy night, an escaped convict, an embezzler, a runaway daughter, her intended and her father, and a gangster take refuge in a remote inn called "The Black Raven" after the nickname of a second gangster who owns it; and murder ensues.

A private eye and his girlfriend avenge his buddy, stabbed over a jade dragon.