In the Occident End of 1950s Greater London, plan for a film version of a smash-hit drama come up to an disconnected arrest after a polar fellow member of the crew is murder. When bored Inspector Tom Stoppard and eager cub Constable Stalker take on the instance, the two happen themselves throw into a puzzling mystery within the glamorously seamy theatre resistance, investigate the cryptic homicide at their own hazard.