Our Own Jailer

A malcontent businessman ends up in the magical city of Xanadu where he is permitted to follow his passions. But did he kill someone to reach there? A young attorney investigates.

A bitter businessman finds himself in the enchanted city of Xanadu, where he can pursue whatever he loves. But a young lawyer wonders if the man committed murder to get there.

Howard Spurlow, who draws designs for food can labels, and Mr. Gordon, a teacher of poetry in a junior college, meet in a bar. Both agree they should free themselves of their responsibilities and become, respectively, a great artist and a great poet. Spurlow manages, in what seems to be a dream, to fulfill his ambition with the help of a beautiful woman. But later, when Gordon refuses to help him find a way to rejoin the woman, a furious Spurlow pulls a gun and kills him.