When her car breaks down during a rainstorm, Glenna Marsh seeks refuge in a hunting lodge she stumbles upon.

When the lodge's owner, Peter Dane, comes home to find her there, he understands her predicament and allows her to stay the night.

Unbeknownst to Marsh, Norwood is a card sharp, who is using her social position to gain access to her wealthy friends, who he is fleecing.

However, as she waits on the gallows, she is saved when Dane forces Fleet to confess that he lied about the murder, and reveals the true identity of Vincenti.

[3] Priscilla Dean had originally been cast in the leading role, and the film had been advertised to theater chains with her in the part.

[4] Shortly later, in the first week of December, Byron Haskin's involvement in the picture as director was revealed,[5] and production had begun on the film.