When heiress Jean Courtland tries to commit suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson investigates her relationship with John Triton. In a flashback, stage mentalist Triton begins to see terrible flashes of true precognition. Whitney Courtland, his partner, utilizes Triton's talent to gain money; nonetheless, Triton's inability to avoid what he foresees drives him to break up the act and become a hermit. Years later, Triton has new aspirations and works tirelessly to avoid disasters in the Courtland family. Can his warnings stand up to mistrust, incredulity, and fate?