Disillusioned by her relationship with racing driver David Elliott, Carole Davies leaves him just before a race. But her relief at being free is cut short by news of an accident. When David comes home, burned hands still wrapped in bandages, she accepts his unexpected proposal and they go to visit his family. Now Carole is having second thoughts, made worse by the mysterious Elliott household. Why is David's father so unwelcoming? Why does David quarrel...