In the original version of the film (it was remade in 1944 with an all-star cast) Anton Walbrook stars as an obsessive murderer and thief who slowly drives his wife to the brink of insanity as he searches for a cache of priceless jewels. This original was thought to have been destroyed many years ago, but was discovered in the vaults at MGM.

Maclean Rogers directs this crime drama about a nurse accused of killing a patient. While in the care of nurse Shirley Yorke (Dinah Sheridan) and Dr. Bruce Napier (John Robinson) the sick wife of a lord dies. Suspected of causing her death, Shirley, the ex-lover of the woman's husband, is put on trial and it is up to Bruce to prove her innocence.