

Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.
Acting
Carroll Baker's chameleon chaos
Direction
Gordon Douglas's lurid restraint
Costume
Wardrobe tells the backstory

Director
Gordon Douglas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
E.V. Cunningham was a pseudonym for Howard Fast, who wrote Spartacus — this was his trashy paperback pivot.
Carroll Baker was still recovering from the career damage of Harlow and The Carpetbaggers; this was her attempt at 'serious' actress respectability.