The Clear Case

Cecilia Le Cleur walks into a waiting room, there to see a private detective. Mel Gance lives across the street from his office in San Francisco, 1947. She takes a seat opposite his desk and tells him about her father and her brother, the dead and the missing. After straightening his tie, he moves around the city like a librarian, hunting and sorting gamblers, gunmen, and glamour. The more he pursues, the more he's followed. As the city threatens rain, Gance wonders what that fair face has hidden in this clear case.