However, the face retracted and when she felt the wall, it was restored to normal.Meanwhile, Tina slept next to Rod, and experienced a horrific nightmare:In he dream, she was awakened by the sound of a pebble repeatedly hitting the window pane, one of which cracked the glass.Plot SynopsisUnder the opening company logo and titles, the film opened in wartime Los Angeles.The disorienting opening shot was of a blinding ceiling light and sounds of accusatory voices in a dark shadowy room, and then soon after, a pull-back camera movement revealed the side of the face of tough yet vulnerable, blindfolded gumshoe detective Philip Marlowe (played by 30s musical crooner Powell in a dramatic role switch).Lord Bern described how he was investigating he slave trade and the source of the mist with other lords when he was apprehended, and the others also disappeared."After a chase through her house, he trapped her on her bed - and sexually hreatened her as he had done when she was younger."""Prologue"" Impresario Chester Kent With His Secretary Nan Prescott, and Production Assistant Bea Thorn:The new sign in front of the Frazer & Gould Studio (with a sub-title "Home of Chester Kent Prologues") confirmed that Kent""s idea had become successful.