Chappell (Joan Crawford) is a very wealthy and incredibly reclusive woman. When a big company wants the land lives on, the town sends out Barney Stafford (Paul Burke) to talk to her. She invites Barney over to negotiate the proposal. Barney soon takes a liking to 's equally reclusive daughter Jenny Chappell (Diane Baker). After spending some time with Jenny, he realizes that has a dark secret, one that keeps them from the outside world.