Page Emlyn travels with his friend Jim Calvert to the Calvert family home. It doesn't turn out well, though, as Calvert's fianc�e breaks up with him and he later falls off a cliff to his death. His friend Emlyn was with him but was so drunk he doesn't remember anything that happened that night, and it's not long before Emlyn is accused of pushing his friend off the cliff and tried for the murder.