The story revolves around Anne who is held hostage by an escaped maniac from an insane asylum. The fugitive forces her to tell stories to prevent her from getting help. Anne then spins a fanciful tale about a girl's escape from her imprisonment by savages and her longing to return to captivity.
周导的歌唱片,加上汤兰花灌录的电影主题曲,已然成为七十年代初票房的保障。这是一部伦理电影,汤兰花在本片饰演姚素贞,丈夫去世,带着女儿小玉从南部到台北找她的同学慧珠(李芷麟饰),好心的慧珠收留了他们母女,并让她丈夫陈国礼(江彬饰)给素贞某了一份差事。国礼跟慧珠结婚五年未有孩子,慧珠也是很着急。国礼跟素贞在接触中暗自暧昧,并在一个风雨交加的晚上怀上了国礼的孩子。此事被慧珠知道,一开始是让素贞打掉孩子,没想到剧情一百八十度转弯,慧珠让素贞留下陈家的香火,素贞也生下了孩子。素贞眼下是做了一件违背道德的事,但她却生下孩子则是对我一种救赎,孩子是无辜,有罪的是人的色欲。