A week before her wedding to lawyer Craig Fleming (George Brent), Stanley Timberlake (Bette Davis) seduces her sister's husband and the two run off together, setting off a melodramatic chain of events that forever changes all involved. Davis sinks her teeth into the showy role of a hellacious home wrecker, only to be matched by Olivia de Havilland's understated turn as the good sister in this juicy drama directed by the great John Huston.