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Comedy/Fantasy

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Lizzie finds contemporary life abhorrent. Out of innocence she marries a man who turns out to be a gangster. When she discovers this she runs away and finds sanctuary in a pawnshop run by an old man whom she knew and trusted as a child. But the gunman tracks Lizzie down, but the pawnbroker, sick and lonely, determines to shelter her with his life if need be. Lizzie lives in a world of memories fostered by her innocence and romantic other-worldliness. But the pawnbroker and a young writer friend convince her that life now is better than a dead past. With the help of the writer, whom she has fallen in love with, she faces the world of reality. The play moves toward a final gripping conflict as a showdown between the forces of good and evil becomes imminent, and the pawnbroker, knowing that goodness and faith in humanity are not always sufficient, kills the gangster.

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Kate Scott is writing articles on recent murders in Central Park. Sam Dundee is a detective trying to solve the murders. Clark Wilson, who is engaged to Kate, arranges for her to question Dundee about the killings. But Kate and Dundee clash over their opposing ideas on crime. Dundee wants to catch the criminal and kill him. Kate thinks he should be studied. All the time the murderer himself, young Ronnie Brewster, sits within earshot of them. That very day another girl is killed in the park. Kate and Dundee meet and when Kate taunts him he challenges her to stop theorizing and do something. Over Clark's protests she joins the manhunt. At the risk of her life, she encounters Ronnie, questions him, realizes that he's the murderer, and persuades him to surrender. Everything is moving smoothly when Dundee and Clark arrive on the scene. But Ronnie suspects Kate of laying a trap for him and tries to escape. Dundee shoots him down. Kate is heartbroken to see her near success ruined. Ronnie Brewster is lying dead at her feet just as his mother arrives to take him home.