Antonia, the pampered wife of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, an upper class wine merchant, tells her husband that she is in love with their best friend, the psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. Palmer and Antonia want to deal with the situation in a civilized way, by remaining friends with Martin. Meanwhile Martin tries to keep his mistress, Georgie Hands, a secret, but Palmer's sister, Honor K...
这个剧本是专门为著名演员费尔兹度身订造的。在北方某城巡回演出的杂耍女演员,劝说商贩不要把地盘让给扩大商店范围的生意人,这样的情节太平,既不新颖也不俏皮。费尔兹扮演杂耍女演员,德雷顿扮演交易所生意,费雯丽扮演他极其可爱的女儿。
故事发生在一间名为牙买加的海边客栈中,漂亮姑娘玛丽(玛琳·奥哈拉 Maureen O'Hara 饰)千里迢迢来到此地,探望她的姨妈,同时也是客栈老板娘佩西斯(Marie Ney 饰)。在途中,玛丽接受了一位名为汉弗莱(查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰)的男人的帮助,顺利到达了客栈。
玛丽玩玩没有想到的是,佩西斯的客栈早已经成为了海盗们盘踞的窝巢,而佩西斯的丈夫杰斯(莱斯利·班克斯 Leslie Banks 饰)正是海盗头子。更糟糕的是,看似善良的汉弗莱和海盗们同流合污,他们看中了玛丽的美貌,决定将她掳走。玛丽从海盗们手下救出了一位名为詹姆(罗伯特·牛顿 Robert Newton 饰)的男子,她的这一举动彻底的激怒了凶残冷酷的海盗们。
1919: the World War is over. Kay Conway celebrates her 21st birthday and all the family look forward with hope and confidence. Then Time begins to conjure with them and offers a dark glimpse of what the future could really bring.
The action takes place in Dr. Kirby's house at Eden End in the North of England, during the" autumn of 1912.
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