In this high-camp tale of embezzlement and anguish, Hollywood icon Joan Crawford revels in the role of generous Irish socialite (Margaret Landi) whose good deeds go horribly wrong when, on a trip home to the village of Cloncraig, she takes pity on a poor teenager, Esther Costello (Heather Sears), who is deaf, dumb and blind since childhood when she accidentally blew up her mother (Sheila Manahan) with a box of IRA grenades.

Margaret rescues her from cruel aunt (Maureen Delaney), takes her to America for treatment, sets up a charity in Esther’s name and attracts the attention of a predatory scoundrel.