Barbara inherits fortune from non-aristocratic grandmother. Her aunt wants to conceal this. Barbara uses money to pursue relationship with doctor Mark Lucas after being initially rejected due to family differences.

Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800s. She's in love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, but her plans to marry him are thwarted. Her family is of the high-society stratum, but her late grandmother was not, and the connection with her is something that Barbara's aunt is most anxious to conceal. After Barbara inherits a fortune from her grandmother's side of the family, she uses it to try to win back Mark.—Ron Kerrigan <[email protected]>

Barbara Beaurevel (Ava Gardner) inherits a fortune and uses the money in a cold-blooded scheme to win the affection of a married man, Dr. Mark Lucas (Robert Mitchum). Mark's wife Corinne (Janis Carter) is killed, and when he is falsely accused of the crime, Barbara clears him by revealing her own unsavory ancestry.—Les Adams <[email protected]>