While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik (Bellamy). Due to a snowstorm, Tony and Manya are trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.
Gary Cooper
as Tony Barrett
Anna Sten
as Manya Novak
Ralph Bellamy
as Fredrik Sobieski
Helen Vinson
as Dora Barrett
Sig Ruman
as Mr. Jan Novak
Esther Dale
as Mrs. Kaise Novak
Leonid Snegoff
as Sobieski
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
as Mrs. Sobieski
Milla Davenport
as Grandmother
Walter Brennan
as Bill Jenkins
Agnes Anderson
as Helena
Hilda Vaughn
as Hezzie Jones
