Jim Brandt

Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominous events and conflicting evidence leave Helen suspicious, but uncertain about her brother-in-law as tension builds...

Ben Quick fuit la mauvaise réputation dont il est l'objet à cause de son père pyromane. Il échoue au sein de la famille Varner pour qui il commence à travailler comme métayer.