Among the supporting cast are Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Peggy Knudsen, Charlie Ruggles, and Bruce Bennett.

Kate Bosworth is a sincere, demure artist who misses her boat to an island off New England, where she intends to meet her twin sister Patricia and her cousin Freddie.

When the two go sailing, a sudden storm washes Pat overboard and she drowns, her sister inadvertently seizing her wedding ring while trying to save her.

[1] The Brooklyn Eagle criticized the plot's implausibilities while complimenting the cast: "Bette Davis is trying her hand...on a drama of two twin sisters, a film that Elisabeth Bergner used as a comeback vehicle in 1939.

It is filled with emotional highspots and it scores an exciting melodramatic climax, but it fails utterly to be convincing....Individually, Miss Davis' characterizations are good....Glenn Ford is agreeable....Dane Clark draws a sharp but elaborate portrait....Charlie Ruggles adds an occasional and welcome dash of comedy....But 'A Stolen Life' needs a more serious operation than they can perform.