Peter Chance suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia in a luxurious home, where a doctor and several women tell him he's a missing heir who's inherited millions. But Peter soon suspects something is not quite right with their story. He sets out to learn the truth before he's forced to sign a document that purportedly finalizes the transfer of the estate. This drama is based on Hugh Wheeler's novel Puzzle for Fiends.
Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.
En 1902, Clive Candy, un jeune officier britannique, se rend à Berlin pour répliquer à des rumeurs calomnieuses lancées contre l’armée anglaise et se trouve forcé de participer à un duel. Blessé, il se lie d’amitié avec son rival allemand. Ce dernier tombe amoureux d’une amie de Candy et très vite se fiance avec elle. Mais Candy, en retournant à Londres, se rend compte qu’il aime cette femme lui aussi…