Mystery writer Janet Frobisher (Bette Davis) got an unannounced visit at her Yorkshire moors home from her estranged criminal husband Preston...and finally got him out of her life by slipping him a toxin. However, the next knock at the door came from Preston’s crooked cohort George Bates (Gary Merrill), looking for his cut of their bank job haul. Bates decided to recoup his losses by blackmailing Janet...but the wicked wordsmith has another plot twist in mind. Convoluted crime melodrama co-stars Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel, Barbara Murray. 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby mono; Subtitles: English.