Set in Bath. Dr Steven Monks (Richard Johnson) has a rocky marriage with ex-nurse Julie (Claire Bloom) due to his infidelity.
Monks had an affair with Ruth Preston (Yolande Donlan) the wife of his hospital colleague. Although the affair is over, Julie now suspects.
Before she can confront her husband, Dr Monks is called in to see a patient with a mysterious ailment. It is smallpox and the carrier might had been in Bath for several weeks.
This film should had been about a contagion going rife through a wintry Bath with people in panic. This film grinds to a halt as doctors, nurses and a priest talk about adultery.
You can easily guess that Ruth Preston who disappears for a large part of the film will get her just desserts as the wanton woman.
It is well acted by Johnson, Bloom and Cyril Cusack as the priest. Shame about the lack of urgency.
Monks had an affair with Ruth Preston (Yolande Donlan) the wife of his hospital colleague. Although the affair is over, Julie now suspects.
Before she can confront her husband, Dr Monks is called in to see a patient with a mysterious ailment. It is smallpox and the carrier might had been in Bath for several weeks.
This film should had been about a contagion going rife through a wintry Bath with people in panic. This film grinds to a halt as doctors, nurses and a priest talk about adultery.
You can easily guess that Ruth Preston who disappears for a large part of the film will get her just desserts as the wanton woman.
It is well acted by Johnson, Bloom and Cyril Cusack as the priest. Shame about the lack of urgency.