Duncan McLeod, a gentleman artist and former Naval officer, assisted by his crewman Lefty Brown, engages in smuggling contraband liquor between France and Britain across the English Channel.

Duncan and Lefty store the liquor at "The Quiet Woman", a pub in a coastal town on the edge of Romney Marsh in Kent, only to one day find that its complicit owner has moved away without telling them.

Jane does not approve of ilegal activities and demands that Duncan and Lefty take their contraband liquor elsewhere or she will contact customs officials.

Jim Cranshaw escapes from prison, appears at the pub and demands that Jane hide him and arrange with Duncan to transport him to France.

Under pressure, Jane agrees to hide Jim, but refuses to tell Duncan or involve him in the matter.

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The photography of the Romney Marshes is excellent, but the script is unimaginative and the acting without distinction.

"[2] The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane say Jane Hylton "made something very interesting of the pub-keeper with an escaped-convict husband and a dashing smuggler boyfriend (Derek Bond).