Mystery novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with her secretary's fiancé and when her estranged husband unexpectedly returns, Janet poisons him, but just as she's about to dispose of the body, one of her husband's criminal cohorts also shows up.
Bette Davis
as Janet Frobisher
Gary Merrill
as George Bates
Emlyn Williams
as Dr. Henderson
Anthony Steel
as Larry Stevens
Barbara Murray
as Chris Dale
Reginald Beckwith
as Mr. Bigley
Edna Morris
as Mrs. Bunting
