Margaret Linden

Australia, 1835. El sobrino del gobernador, Charles Adare (Michael Wilding), que acaba de llegar de Inglaterra, está invitado a cenar en casa de Sam Flusky (Joseph Cotten), un antiguo presidiario que ha hecho fortuna y que está casado con una de una prima de Charles, Lady Harrietta (Ingrid Bergman). Charles descubre que su prima, que se ha convertido en una alcohólica, está aterrorizada por su ama de llaves Milly (Margaret Leighton) y, al tratar de curarla, se enamora de ella...

The Women's Political League decides to find a female candidate for mayor and their choice is Kay Gerson who, they figure, will win votes from the men because of her looks. But the town's political boss, Jim Bradley, counters with his own good-looking candidate, Freddy Bleeker, who he thinks will get the women's vote.

A woman attempts to regain the love of her husband, who constantly compares her unfavorably to his first wife.