After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.

Vivien Leigh
as Wanda

Laurence Olivier
as Larry Durrant

Leslie Banks
as Keith Durrant

Francis L. Sullivan
as Mander

David Horne
as Beavis

William Dewhurst
as Lord Chief Justice

Frederick Lloyd
as Swinton

Robert Newton
as Tolly

Esme Percy
as Henry Wallen

Elliott Mason
as Frau Grunlich
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A happy couple (Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh) return from a day out to discover her husband waiting for them. He demands £20 to go away, a fracas ensues and in self-defence, Olivier kills him. He dumps the body and then confides in his career-obsessed solicitor brother (Leslie Banks) who advises ...