A Table for Two

The theft of a wealthy patron's jewels brings a police lieutenant to the Cafe Tremblay in New York. The maître d' is caught between his old criminal cellmate and his wife, who wants him to return to engineering school.

A police lieutenant investigates stolen jewels from a rich customer at Cafe Tremblay in New York. The head waiter must choose between helping his former prison buddy and listening to his wife, who wants him to go back to school to become an engineer.

Henri de la Tour, the maitre d’ at the fashionable Cafe Tremblay, is really Henry Smith, a reformed ex-con with a well-hidden past. One day Henri’s old cell mate, Herbie Lister, barges into the cafe and, without a reservation, insists on being served. Henri complies, but Herbie wants more. Unless Henri agrees to help him burglarize the homes of the cafe’s wealthiest patrons, Herbie will tell Henri’s boss about his past.