The film stars Glenn Hunter, Mary Astor, and stage actor Osgood Perkins.

[2] Goody Rickby is impregnated by the wealthy Gilead Wingate, after which he refuses to accept the responsibility of fatherhood.

She succeeds in summoning Satan before her, and together they concoct a scheme to punish the man who wronged her.

Satan creates a living being from a scarecrow and the creature adopts the human identity of "Lord Ravensbane" so that he can function unsuspected in society.

Ravensbane develops emotions and a soul, however, and genuinely falls in love with the young lady, foiling the Devil's plans.