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Frank and his wife Mildred are in need of cash as they are approaching their retirement. Frank thinks up a scheme where his wife will disappear for seven years. He will have her declared legally dead and they will then collect her insurance money. They set their plan in motion. A detective, thinking that Mildred had been killed, promises to find the body and send Frank to jail. He pursues Frank relentlessly for seven years. Finally, two days before the seven years time limit is up, Mildred reappears. She is a much-changed woman. She does not want to be with Frank anymore and has only showed up for the money. Frank becomes enraged and kills her. The detective finds her body. After seven years, he is finally able to charge Frank with murder.