Hollywood 1950. The successful producer Larry O'Brian arrives in Los Angeles to found a motion picture company. He buys an old studio which was unused since the days of silent movies. He's shown the office where the famous director Franklin Ferrara was shot. The case has never been solved, although there were many suspects. O'Brian becomes fascinated by the subject and wants to shoot a movie about it. He investigates the murder and soon gets into danger himself.—Tom Zoerner