James在与爱人分开后伤心欲绝，而此时，他被一封神秘的信件召唤回了寂静岭去寻找她，却发现自己曾经熟悉的小镇已经被未知的邪恶占据。面对着各种熟悉和陌生的可怕人事物，James开始质疑自己的理智和对现实的认知，但他必须坚持下去，拯救自己失落的爱人。

Cary Grant plays gambler, Joe Adams, who takes on the identity of a dead gangster in order to avoid the draft. Adams plans to use a war relief charity to get his gambling operation up and running, until he falls in love with Lorraine Day and has a change of heart.