Good-Bye, Benjamin Flack

Businessman Guthrie Flack faces money troubles and comes up with a plan to fake his death and become his cousin Benjamin instead. But when doubt and shame start eating at him, Guthrie realizes his smart idea has become a bad dream he can't wake up from.

Guthrie Flack, a once-respected businessman, hatches a scheme to escape his financial ruin by faking his own death and assuming the identity of his cousin, Benjamin. When suspicion and guilt plague him, it becomes clear that what he thought was a clever plan has turned into a nightmare from which he cannot escape.

Guthrie Flack contemplates murdering the beneficiary of his insurance company—his “twin” cousin, Benjamin Flack—in order to assume his identity, pass the dead body off as his own and collect the insurance money. However, Ben catches on and tries to kill Guthrie instead. To contemplate matters, Mrs. Benjamin Flack appears and tries to take the money for herself.