A prominent Victorian gentleman thinks he has got away with poisoning his wife, but his shrewd maid knows the sordid truth and uses it to blackmail him. As the killer's social standing improves, he realises he has to get rid of the scheming servant once and for all, but his plans to dispose of her lead him into even more danger. Period thriller, with Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons and Bill Travers.

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.