It was the fulfillment of a childhood ambition for Leonora Eames. Smith Ohlrig, a multimillionaire, had been her husband. However, when she discovers the reality about her husband, her innocent dream quickly turns into a nightmare. He is a power-crazed lunatic! He will not divorce her, so she abandons her life of luxury on Long Island and accepts a position as receptionist at an impoverished doctor's office on New York City's lower east side. Leonora becomes pregnant after Smith deceives her into believing they have reached a temporary reunion. By the time she discovers she is pregnant, she and one of the doctors, Larry Quinada (James Mason), had already fallen in love with each other. However, she is persuaded to return to her affluent husband in order to provide financial security for her child. Her nasty husband is hell-bent on keeping her and her child as prisoners in his house of horrors. Leonora is in danger. What will happen to her?
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It was the fulfillment of a childhood ambition for Leonora Eames. Smith Ohlrig, a multimillionaire, had been her husband. However, when she discovers the reality about her husband, her innocent dream quickly turns into a nightmare. He is a power-crazed lunatic! He will not divorce her, so she abandons her life of luxury on Long Island and accepts a position as receptionist at an impoverished doctor's office on New York City's lower east side. Leonora becomes pregnant after Smith deceives her into believing they have reached a temporary reunion. By the time she discovers she is pregnant, she and one of the doctors, Larry Quinada (James Mason), had already fallen in love with each other. However, she is persuaded to return to her affluent husband in order to provide financial security for her child. Her nasty husband is hell-bent on keeping her and her child as prisoners in his house of horrors. Leonora is in danger. What will happen to her?
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