A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.

Elizabeth Tayloras Leonora
Mia Farrowas Cenci
Robert Mitchumas Albert
Peggy Ashcroftas Hannah
Pamela Brownas Hilda
Robert Douglasas Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)
Penelope Keithas Hotel Assistant (uncredited)
Roger Lloyd Packas Cleaner (uncredited)
Angus MacKayas Vicar (uncredited)
Gerry Fisher