[1][2] In a Cornish village during World War II, a German Nazi uses the disguise of a headless ghost to strike fear into the local tin mine workers.

[3] Posing as a man the British Army has rejected for active duty, a mining engineer, Dr. Frederick Holmes, takes a week-long walking trip through Cornwall.

He wants to know why local miners refuse to work a tin mine that could yield a valuable asset to the English war effort.

[6] Dennis Schwartz of Ozus' World Movie Reviews awarded the film a grade B−, commending the film's acting, and atmosphere, writing, "It's capably executed and gets off to a chilling beginning, but the tale is too far-fetched to be totally believed and soon falls back into being a routine small town crime drama.

"[7] Richard Gilliam from Allmovie gave the film a negative review, writing, "Neither as atmospheric as the latter nor as clever as the former, the story marches through its 57 minutes with little deviation from formula.