In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.
Claudette Colbert
as Elizabeth Hamilton
Orson Welles
as John Andrew MacDonald
George Brent
as Lawrence Hamilton
Lucile Watson
as Aunt Jessica Hamilton
Richard Long
as Drew Hamilton
Natalie Wood
as Margaret Ludwig
John Wengraf
as Dr. Ludwig
Sonny Howe
as Brian Hamilton
Ian Wolfe
as Norton
Joyce Mackenzie
as Cherry Davis
Jesse Graves
as Ambrose
Henry Hastings
as Daniel
