Broadcast: 23rd July 1944

Starring: Marvin Miller

Added: Jun 13 2001

A story of revenge and ironic justice. In the bayou country of the deep south, a land inhabited by the descendants of early French settlers, stands an ancient mansion called the Cypresses. Owned for generations by the aristocratic Devereaux family the plantation boasts acre upon acre of sugar cane bending to the warm river breeze and life goes on much as it has in the past. Beauty is everywhere, but danger too, like the treacherous molasses that lie beneath innocent flowers. Paul Vertel, who is definitely not aristocratic, has long wanted the Cypresses for his own, hopelessly it seems, but times change. Paul is now rich and today, as the heavy door of the Devereaux mansion opens, he believes his ambition is about to be realized.