本片根据亨利·詹姆斯的小说《螺丝在拧紧》改编而成。19世纪末,美丽的女教师吉登斯小姐(黛博拉·寇儿Deborah Kerr 饰)来到乡下庄园照顾雇主的侄女弗洛拉(帕米拉·弗兰克林Pamela Fran
Norman Taylor is a successful young professor, married with Tansy Taylor. He is a very skeptical man