En la Inglaterra victoriana, una bella mujer (Ingrid Bergman) se casa con un famoso pianista (Charles Boyer). La felicidad desaparece cuando en la casa, donde años atrás se cometió un asesinato, la mujer empieza a oír extraños e inexplicables ruidos; mientras tanto, su marido la atormenta hasta hacerla creer que se está volviendo loca.
El orden y la tranquilidad de la familia Cataño es quebrantado el día en que toca a la puerta un vendedor de aspiradoras, empeñado en vender uno de sus modernos productos. A partir de ese momento, la adolescente Maru soñará con romper las cadenas que la atan a su conservadora familia.
The time has come for Redvers Potter to relinquish his role as head of the family confectionary firm, Pottermints - his company has been taken over and he is now going into enforced retirement. His wife, Aileen, is not too happy about having her husband under her feet either, but Potter is determined to make the most of his retirement. He decides he will give people the benefit of his managerial experience - even if they don't want it.
