After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

Sam Kehoe moves from Seattle to a new school in California. Trying to make friends, Sam manages to free up the honeymoon suite in his dad's motel so his friends are able to use the room for sex.

While researching an ordinary real estate transaction, title examiner Leah Farrell uncovers the mystery of a missing woman. When she is threatened by hoods for snooping around, she turns for help to Assistant District Attorney Paul Shaughnessy. As Paul tries to protect Leah from danger that looms from all sides, romance blooms.

Silent Rain in the Ninth is an honest character study illustrating the essential nature of an addicted horserace gambler in one of his days at the track...