Philip Leaver

While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.