This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy about a New York playboy who flees from the violent husband of his mistress and borrows the identity of a plantation owner in Cuba who is expecting the arrival of a mail order bride. The film component of the performance was ultimately never screened due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue. Long-believed to be lost, a workprint was discovered in 2008 and the film had its premiere in 2013.
Фильм начинается с того, что Хаммер переживает многолетний запой, и его вытаскивает из канавы озлобленный полицейский, намеревающийся выведать информацию об умершем. Вдохновленный секретами, которые он слышит, Хаммер отправляется на улицы в личном крестовом походе, чтобы найти любовь всей своей жизни.
Одинокий Марк Льюис днем работает на киностудии, а ночью делает пикантные фотографии женщин. Кроме того, он снимает документальный фильм о страхе, в котором запечатляет реакцию жертв в момент их убийства.
A young woman, Judith Moray, deserts her prospective fiance, the nice doctor Alan Kearn, for an old flame, the dashing but roguish former wing commander Bill Glennan. Glennan makes her pregnant and marries her, but leaves her on the morning after the wedding when he learns that her father can't offer him financial support. Two years later she - having been told that Glennan is dead - has married Kearn and borne him a son. But then Glennan suddenly reappears and begins to blackmail her.
