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On ; / a ,.?rainy n )$ight in 1;928 i)n a Pe$ ]n!nsylvania factory town called I+]ve#rsto-^wn, Martha I ` vers (Ja%? n] ._is:` [ Wilson), thirteen\* y ears?\! old, i[]s;)* tryin($g to escape from t)% +he =+$gu`ardianshi:]#^p o,.-f he+r wealt hy, do#\ mineer/ =ing aunt.; He.r fr\iend, [ *the^+ s /t _?reet-sma$rt!,_, po)or Sam -Masterson (Darryl: Hick;^+man ,) $,[ comes for) @her( thro:ugh he! r bedroom windo @w#, but Martha's aunt catc hes th em.= While Sam ?sl:\ips out;. unnoticed, Martha hits =_ .Mrs. Iver(! s on the head, =! cau! sing her to `f all d,[\own the l!`: #ong stair ca] `se and die]. Thoug *h Sam saw nothi+- ng, the event was *?witness ?!ed b.y Walter O'Neil (Mickey Kuhn), the s=on of M artha' ,(s tutor (Roma %n !(Bohnen), know^ n,[/ as Mr. O'Ne \il. Martha l+_ies abo, ut the incident to Mr. O'Neil:!%, and Walter s /upp*;^ o/rts her.[5] Mr. *O'Nei,l suspe* ?cts wha^+ ,t ha+$pp*%e,)ned but pres$ @ents Martha'?,-+s); version ,_of events to the pol+= ic *e, th] at an ?intruder is respon sib.?l` #e; $he $ mak es*= use of his knowle_:dge by ?.having her marry his s:=on. W@ _h@en t;he p_(olic(;=*e @ identify a %^$former em)(%`ployee of the a*/ unt as) * the murd-erer, t)he t!wo O)/'!Ne;-ils and )Mart/#ha; he)+lp convict him; h[+??e is punished by hanging.[5] Eigh=*.teen yea rs l+ater, t?\h!//*e olde _r O'Neil ha( # s die;d. /Wa ?!lter :!/(now pl ` aye)d by. Kirk\+ /;Douglas) is t$?he distric` t a[)ttorney, wh -ile Martha (B arbara \ Stan#.?@wyck) has used ,her inheri# tance from h;er aunt to build@,%; a lar ] ge busine-#ss \_emp ire. - :Th_ eir marriage is%\ on@ e-si# ded;?@( h$*e( loves her, but she does not love him. S @*am (V/.an( Heflin), now a dri- ft=),er and :^. gamb%l)#er, stops in th e smal @/ l to\ wn b];y ch ].ance to have his car , repaired!- aft-er an accident!@. While] ! w^!=ait:.ing for ,^repairs_,` \ at his old hom)e, n@ow )+a boarding .house, he \ meets !.Antonia Toni Marach!@ek (Lizabeth Scott_)=__, w_ho has just !]been r]$eleased from j%/ ail. _(`She is later picked up for vi_o+=lating h-er probation by @%not [$$-returning_ =],]*to h)er hometown., - Sa)`^+m goes to see /!Wal`#te#,; r, !*to see i,*)f he= can use his i/ nfluence ; ^ to ge t her released. Wa^\lter is co==nvin]?c=!\ed Sa[m has returned wit# %:h-. bl=:ackma/#*i *l in#- mind, ^+: g(%$[iving Wal)ter a motive to run Sa, m out !@of tow\!n. When, !* Martha rea ct\s /) w;/ith joy]#\;\ to th e news `+of Sam:)[ 's return, W+! al/% ter's je`)/alousy ()prov- _ides an additional m:/=otive. ]^Walter fo+rces Ton`]+i to set [Sam up. . \Sam /#is beate] \n and $) driven out ! of town/# , b= ut he is too tou_) [gh to be intimidated. When all else fails, Walter makes a half- *(he/a=.rted atte ];mpt ;to kill Sam hims^$@elf, -%but is ea sily di!( sarmed.:$ Ma \rt@`ha t[ hen in`ad!v``erte)nt=`,ly bl- urts out the coup%#le's fe+#ars of blackmai[,l, !:which# p ro]ve t# o +( be groundl[+ ][ess Sam :says he di^]$d;, no_.t witness th*=e death. `,Mar,tha? breaks down a= nd lam+ent(_]s tha t he le ft without her + a, ll those years ago), t!$aking[#! wi(-t ^ [h him ]:her,^ onl ;%y chance f] or love a ,nd fr\eedom. Sam is torn bet,w/;^een his !. old lov)]e ) and %(his +\ new.=/ Al )t(`!#h -],oug $h he eventually for; gives+ Toni .for betraying him, he a;nd Martha s!(+.pend a n idyllic day together, rek#^in%dl^_in:_g his fe?\elings f$-.or(= her./% #. Walt+$+er arranges to m@=eet Sam to f(/ina ?ll y settle mat=$ters. Bef,;ore Sam== arri ve[*s],, Walter$.[ gets`$ % drunk a nd ( Ma @r) tha finds out about t) he meeting. Wh e n Wal!/$ter =f?#alls down the- st^?/airs and #*! is k=#nocked unconsci_ous,_ Mar^= \tha];: u,,rg+es]+ S`%]am ./to( kill him. /?[ .Sam instead b@r%)ings Walter aro!%u$nd\] . M_] arth_^a pulls out a gun and threatens to shoot Sam in se^\ lf defense as *^an intruder. Ho ? wever, Sam g`ambl]es that ; Wa ,\lter will n/$ot;` ba/c\)k u)=\p(([ her s=tory!; he _turns* his bac!^k on h` er and leaves* . Walt=;,e.@=r emb ;races and kiss`es his wif #e;:. then he$ ( ](point-?s .)?the (` gun at her midr ( iff. Oddly reliev= `ed, sh@\e ! puts her h? and o` ver h/-is hand; on the tri+gger and presses. A,,s she is dying, she defiantly s tat) es her name is n?)o:#=t . M*artha Ivers, but %*]Martha Smith. O] )utside, Sam hea+*;rs the shot. ;)^_#He runs ?back towar$ .d th#e mansion, bu:_$t s$.ees Walter,,^ holdi]n;g Marth ?#a's bo @$dy, sho$\+ot hi*!mself. Sam \ and Toni drive away / toget/`her.