A damsel in distress agrees to run away with her wealthy lover in order to escape from her abusive husband. But all is not as it seems in this 1940s film noir.
Alice is married to a poor and abusive man and has started an affair with Peter, a wealthy and gentle lover who would do anything for her. Meeting at their secret rendez-vouz, he finally convinces her to leave her husband and run away together to far-away lands, but in the midst of their joy, her husband barges in... armed. Running for their lives, Alice and Peter try to escape, but a sinister plot slowly unravels that proves, in film noir, nothing is as it appears.