Scared Stiff.

Chess reporter Larry Elliot (Jack Haley) works as a reporter specializing in chess. He is assigned to cover a big harvest festival held at a winery in Grape City. The man sitting next to Larry on the bus is found murdered, holding a chess piece in his hand. The prime suspect is convicted murderer Deacon Markham (Barton MacLane), who first sold the antique chess set to the Waldeck brothers.