This psychological thriller tells the story of Jeff Cohalan, a successful architect who is tormented because his fiancée, Vivian Sheppard, was killed in a mysterious car accident on the night before their wedding.

Sheppard's own wife, Vivian's mother, ran away from him, and he has a psychotic break when confronted with the truth about his daughter's car crash.

When Ferris wisecracks that their boss is "nuttier than a squirrel", Cohalan decks him with a haymaker and orders him to either leave town or be turned in to the authorities.

"[2] Film critic Dennis Schwartz wrote: "Robert Young gives a subdued performance that is somewhat credible, but not all that endearing.

The film's ultimate villain is the real estate industry that is spoiling the natural beauty in its need to make lots of money.