A dashing Polish Army lieutenant named Jan Wicziewsky is in exile in the United States deep South as civil war approaches.
[2] Simon McCallum of the BFI said "it just wasn't known that this film existed other than to a few specialist researchers", and the production "is a milestone" in gay cultural history.
By 1959, the Lord Chamberlain had eased his hard-line stance on homosexual themes, and Gerald Savory adapted the play for television.
"[4] A November 1959 review in The Stage, said "Green's dialogue was so full of compassion, understanding and tenderness that his subject didn't seem distasteful, and Mario Prizek, a new Canadian director, toned down his production so much that it kept perfect pace with the script...Peter Wyngarde as Jan, the man who couldn’t talk of his life like other men, gave a stunningly brilliant performance, controlled and delicately pitched".
And in describing the plot of the film, they said "So moved, so profound is (Wicziewsky's) love for Eric MacClure that he forces a duel on him and allows himself to be killed rather than live without him.