Small town solicitor Michael Denison is called in when two of his clients, Dulcie Gray and her aunt Marjorie fielding, are accused by Ann Stephens of kidnapping her and holding her at their estate to be a maid of all work. She describes the grounds and the room she was kept in, and an examination by the police show she knows the place. The village turns against the ladies, even as Denison develops feelings for Miss Gray.
Despite the derivation from a novel by Josephine Tey, I did not find this a particularly compelling movie. Things go from bad to worse, yet it only takes ten minutes in court to settle out what actually happened. Unprefigured witnesses pop up, with simple explanations of why they hadn't been heard from before. Despite a cast which includes Athene Seyler, Hy Hazell, and Patrick Troughton, there's nothing here but adequate performances in a poorly composed mystery.
