This film is often considered to be the first film produced by Ealing Studio. It starts out as a standard shipboard romance between the ship's doctor (Owen Nares) and a bored and neglected housewife (Betty Stockfeld). But once on dry land, it turns into a psychological thriller.
It seems that the hypochondriac husband (Allan Jeayes) is abusive and jealous of Betty's attraction to Owen, but he needs an operation that only Owen can perform. So he writes a letter to his attorney, to be opened if he dies during the operation, stating that Betty has had an affair with Owen and that they did away with him. He hands the letter to his footman (George Curzon) to mail.
Owen is then forced into performing the operation. But the footman has a long-standing dislike of his employer, and he has his own reason for seeing him dead. Will he survive the operation? Will Betty and Owen find happiness?
Yes, the acting is broad but the film gets better as it goes along and the "plot thickens." Co-stars include Florence Harwood as the cook and Aubrey Mather as Dr. Bartlett.
It seems that the hypochondriac husband (Allan Jeayes) is abusive and jealous of Betty's attraction to Owen, but he needs an operation that only Owen can perform. So he writes a letter to his attorney, to be opened if he dies during the operation, stating that Betty has had an affair with Owen and that they did away with him. He hands the letter to his footman (George Curzon) to mail.
Owen is then forced into performing the operation. But the footman has a long-standing dislike of his employer, and he has his own reason for seeing him dead. Will he survive the operation? Will Betty and Owen find happiness?
Yes, the acting is broad but the film gets better as it goes along and the "plot thickens." Co-stars include Florence Harwood as the cook and Aubrey Mather as Dr. Bartlett.