A powerhouse cast - Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr, Angela Lansbury and Janet Leigh - stars in this powerful English melodrama brimming with scandal, romance and the tragic consequences of war. On the rebound from a broken heart, a writer (Pidgeon) marries another woman (Lansbury), but secretly longs for his former love (Kerr). His life takes an unexpected turn when she returns, hoping to rekindle their relationship. With England on the brink of war, he finds even more trouble at the office when he is falsely accused of having an affair with a young, pregnant coworker (Leigh), leading to further tumult and tragedy.