 Some sources cite this as an early example of British film noir, which is rather interesting since it is an American production by Wallace MacDonald s B-unit at Columbia and filmed on that lot. Julia Ross (Nina Foch) secures employment, through a rather-noisy employment agency, with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Hughes (Dame May Whitty), and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothes and with a new identity. She is told she is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Hughes and has suffered a nervous breakdown. She soon learns that the son of Mrs. Hughes, Ralph (George Macready), has murdered his wife, disposed of her body and, with his mother s help, plans to pass Julia off as his wife. And then plans to eventually kill her and pass it off as a suicide.