Evelyn Prentice is the respected wife of a high-profile New York attorney. Despite the prestige and status she enjoys, she feels neglected and out of boredom becomes involved with an unscrupulous womanizing poet, who gives her the attention she craves. She eventually finds herself a victim of blackmail and becomes invo…

故事发生在十六世纪的西班牙，彼时，西班牙和英国正在激烈的交战之中打得难舍难分。英国舰队的舰长理查（Lyn Harding 饰）和其子迈克尔（劳伦斯·奥利弗 Laurence Olivier 饰）遭到了地方的俘虏，然而理查和西班牙海军上将瓦德斯（Charles Carson 饰）是多年的老友，于是将迈克尔送到他家，自己却死在了敌人的炮火之下。　　在瓦德斯家，迈克尔…