Julius Rickman returns from India to visit his old friend Gerald Amersley. Before long Rickman comes to dominate the household and appears to harbour a grudge against them. Cedric Fox, Gerald's sister Doris's fiancé, has been murdered, and Doris asks Rickman to use his alleged spiritualist gifts to contact Cedric via a séance. Soon afterwards, Doris is found dead. When Rickman accuses Gerald of murdering Doris as well as Cedric, Gerald throws him from a window and kills him. Gerald is tried for Rickman's murder, but there is a twist to the story.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The story, though heavily dramatic, is satisfactorily, if slowly, developed, and the climax is kept a well-preserved secret until the end. John Stuart, Henry Oscar, Marie Burke, and Gwyneth Vaughan do their best to sustain interest and make the whole thing seem credible."[3]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Good idea; but development barely satisfactory."[4]
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