An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman's spirit.

• Dimitri De Grunwald Production
• Associated British Picture Corporation
• Anton Walbrook
• Edith Evans
• Yvonne Mitchell
• Ronald Howard
• Mary Jerrold
• Anthony Dawson
• Miles Malleson
• Michael Medwin