The Crystal Gazer

A detective searches for a missing young woman who disappeared after a fortune teller predicted she would marry an old man. The detective must outsmart the clever fortune teller to find out what happened to her. Meanwhile, another man gets a vision that he will die soon. A mysterious device called "The Thinking Machine" shows people the truth when they ask for it.

"The Thinking Machine" reveals the truth to those who seek it. A man foresees his death. When a young woman has a vision of her betrothal to an elderly man, she vanishes without a trace. In a quest to discover her whereabouts, a private detective must pit himself against a wily fortune teller.

Howard Varick has, for years, asked an Indian mystic for advice on how to play the stock market. Always, the mystic, by looking into his crystal ball, has told Varick when to buy and when to sell. The result is a small fortune. But when the crystal ball shows Varick being murdered—stabbed in the back by someone he doesnt even know—the businessman panics. His only hope is consultation with Dr. Augustus Van Dusen, the worlds great private investigator.