Although the title is the name of a female character, the actual major figure here is a physician, Dr. Richard Talbot. A pillar of his West Coast community, the straitlaced Dr. Talbot has been married to the same woman for 20 years, and they have two teenaged children. His life changes, however, when he attends to an attractive young singer, Nora Prescott. Feeling his marriage is too staid and predictable, Dr. Talbot falls for Nora, and they embark on a torrid affair.
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After several months, Nora decides to leave town, in order to preserve Richard's nuclear family. That same evening, a patient who bears a resemblance to Richard arrives at his office and promptly dies of a heart attack. Richard decides to change identities with the dead man, in order to leave town with Nora and start over in New York. His rash plans, however, eventually go awry.
The review of this Movie prepared by Elana Starr
