p Hit man Philip Raven, who 三九 s kind to children and cats, kills a blackmailer and is paid off by traitor Willard Gates in quot hot quot money Meanwhile, pert entertainer Ellen Graham, girlfriend of police Lieut Crane who 三九 s after Raven is enlisted by a Senate committee to help investigate Gates Raven, seeking Gates for revenge, meets Ellen on the train their relationship gradually evolves from that of killer and potential victim to an uneasy alliance against a common enemy p