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Judith Traherne ( Bette Davis ) is a young, carefree, hedonistic Long Island socialite / heiress with a passion for horses, fast cars, and too much smoking and drinking.

She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision, but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding, and then tumbles down a flight of stairs, her secretary / best friend Ann King ( Geraldine Fitzgerald ) insists she see the family doctor, who refers her to a specialist.