A wage-slave in his uncle's factory has big ambitions. Just as he comes close to marrying a wealthy socialite, a poor working-class girl with whom he had a brief, casual affair tells him she is pregnant with his child. When she threatens to disclose the truth, he makes a series of decisions which bring terrible consequences in their wake. Oscar-winning drama, starring Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Taylor,and Raymond Burr.

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.