The Fourth Reason

A wife enlists the aid of a politician in order to find her missing American husband. The congressman sees it as a tool to propel his campaign and takes advantage of the situation.

A woman asks a congressman to help locate her vanished American husband. The politician uses her case to boost his own election chances and exploits the situation for personal gain.

Irene Thatcher turns to her congressman for help when her husband, an oil engineer on the verge of a major technological breakthrough, does not return—much to her chagrin—from a trip to Paris. The congressman orders his assistant, Purvis, to investigate, hoping he is stepping into an international oil plot that will turn him into a national figure. But Tom Thatcher has disappeared for reasons only he knows and can control.