Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.

Hedy Lamarr
as Madeleine Damien

Dennis O'Keefe
as Dr. David Cousins

John Loder
as Felix Courtland

William Lundigan
as Jack Garet

Morris Carnovsky
as Dr. Richard Caleb

Natalie Schafer
as Ethel Royce

Paul Cavanagh
as Victor Kranish

Douglass Dumbrille
as District Attorney O'Brien

Margaret Hamilton
as Mrs. Geiger

Nicholas Joy
as Mitchell
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A pretty unremarkable vehicle for star Hedy Lamarr ("Madeleine Damien") as she portrays the fashion editor of a glossy New York magazine who burns the candle at both ends a bit too much. She eventually seeks the help of a psychiatrist "Dr Caleb" (Morris Carnosky) to help divert her from a mental bre...