The Mad Miss Manton

Madcap New York socialite Melsa Manton and her group of socialite friends are notorious as pranksters to the point of causing public mischief. Lieutenant Brent and his police officers think she's taken it too far when she reports having found a dead body in the empty house of wealthy Charles and Sheila Lane, with no body in sight when they arrive. Things get worse for Melsa after newspaper editor Peter Ames writes a scathing editorial about her scandalous behavior. The problem is that Melsa really did see a dead body, going into the house only when she saw an acquaintance, Ronnie Beldon, mysteriously rush out in the middle of the night. Melsa and her friends want to show Brent and Ames that she wasn't crying wolf by locating the dead body themselves. When both Charles Lane and Ronnie Beldon's dead bodies materialize--Lane's the one which Melsa originally saw in the house--Melsa and her friends believe she's been vindicated. But they continue to try to find out on their own who the killer is as Melsa is a suspect, they don't trust Brent's skills, and Melsa seems to be in danger for knowing too much. By this time, Ames also insinuates himself into the investigation as he has fallen in love with Melsa, who doesn't fully trust him as he might only be trying to get an exclusive story.