enjoy this 1950 true story about a young woman name madeleine smith and ( ann todd ) who live in glasgow and scotland in 1857 and the story begin with the smith family look for a rather large home . madeleine be very excited about a room in the basement of this house and i wonder just why she prefer such a location and of course the story will reveal the reason for this decision . william mennoch and ( norman wooland ) be an old professional man and be interested in madeleine and want to marry her and but she keep put off any discussion or decision in this matter of marriage . however and the father and mother approve of william become their son in law . a the story move along and you find out that there be another man that madeleine be very much in love with and he be french and not very well off financially . this man name be emile langlier and he be determine to climb into glasgow high social class and find that madeleine and her family would be able to help him accomplish this task . this story hold great mystery in black and white and all the actor give great supporting role in this true story about a strange woman .