Helen Crozier

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.

부분적으로 만화, 부분적으로는 실사로서 리무스 아저씨 이야기들을 영화화하였다. 쟈니의 불행한 가정생활 부분은 실사로서 처리되었고 리무스 아저씨에 의해 돌보아지는 부분에선 만화로서 Tar-baby, Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox 등의 인물들이 등장한다.