Written by Ladislas Fodor and Harry Brown based on the story "Beyond" by Erich Maria Remarque, the film is about a concert pianist who is sent to a sanatorium in Switzerland to treat a serious lung illness.

Auto racer Paul Clermont is introduced to Karen and invites her to Monte Carlo.

Although she is attracted to her doctor, Tony's seeming lack of interest in anything but her health causes Karen to accept Paul's invitation.

Only at the last possible minute does she return to Tony's side, where he proposes marriage to her and watches carefully as their future together hangs by a thread.

In his review for The New York Times, Bosley Crowther called the film "a typical artificial romance on the heart-rending theme of Camille".