Sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Lina marries him, though cautioned that Johnnie is hardly more than a fortune . Because he plows his way by a business strategy to 19, she remains loyal to her husband. Lina comes that so as to get her inheritance Johnnie plans to kill her. The feeling seems affirmed when Johnnie's business partner dies under mysterious circumstances. Joan Fontaine won a Best Actress Academy Award for her operation.