Following a strange compulsion, Robert Harcourt finds himself consulting a fortune teller who gives him a sinister message. He says he sees Robert in a mansion, surrounded by happy faces. There is a woman, a beautiful woman. Robert is attracted to her, but hurts her cruelly, and so deeply that she will never forgive him. That very night, as the clock strikes the hour of midnight, Robert will take the life of a man dear to her. He will become - A MURDERER