Margot Landa

"The Red Cat" is a seedy dive. The rich American, Jefferson, who shows up there one day with his family and who recently became the proud owner of the famous Halifax emerald, particularly attracts the attention of the patrons of the "Cat". One of them approaches the Americans disguised as a marquis, but he has not reckoned with Jefferson's daughter, Jessie.

Sgt. Harry Cross, a gifted but brash detective, must solve a tricky murder case.

A couple, married for seven years, face temptations when obliged to spend a night apart for the first time.