| Director | Albert S. Rogell |
|---|---|
| Genre | mystery film |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Returning home to England from the United States following news of her father's sudden death in a boating accident, April Haddon meets her stepmother Florence for the first time. The former nurse of her mother, she had married April's father after her death. April finds that in the few years she has been away her stepmother has completely changed the house, the old furnishings replaced with modernist art and the old family housekeepers replaced by a maid with loyalty to her new mistress. When her father's will is read, it becomes clear that the redrawn will Florence had been expecting had never been completed and the old will still stands, leaving most of his inheritance to April when she turns twenty one, which is in three weeks time. Convinced that Florence intends to murder her first, April turns to an old friend the local doctor to help her, but finds that the whole village is in awe of Florence, who has been very careful always to behave impeccably, publicly, in front of all, including the local gossips.