A lonely, mentally unbalanced woman invents a fictitious daughter and has the �daughter� write to a Marine stationed in the South Pacific. When the soldier returns back to the States, he goes to look up his pen pal, and is told by the �mother� that the daughter has moved away. An acquaintance of the women tells the soldier the truth, and in a rage the �mother� kills her. In order to cover up that crime, she realizes she must kill the soldier, too.

Starring:

Helene Thimig, Virginia Grey, Edith Barrett, William Terry

Genre:

Drama, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir