Louis Hayward stars as a wealthy man who tries to seduce the family members house cleaning. She withstands, and he kills her. Lengthy jealous of his sibling Lee Bowman, Hayward does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his brother or sister. Also influenced by Hayward's conceited mental deterioration is his long-suffering other half Jane Wyatt. Originally, supervisor Lang had proposed that the unfortunate housemaid be a black woman, yet mored than ruled