Adapted from Daphne Du Maurier's 'Tale of Terror on the High Seas', Hitchcock brings 18th Century Cornwall to the silver screen. It tells the tale of orphan Mary (played by Maureen O'Hara) who discovers her Uncle Joss is using his Inn on the Cornish coast as a pirate's hideout. As she delves deeper into the violent world of smuggling and wrecking her life becomes threatened. Charles Laughton is engaging as the rogue in this tense Hichcock melodrama.