The warden desires a house boy for his nervous wife (Ann Harding) and chooses the suave Michel. The nervous wife soon thaws for Michel but gossip reaches the warden who puts Michel in solitary and wants to send his wife back to Paris. Michel plans to escape... with her.
This is one of the better early talkies, not static as they often were. The plot is a little unbelievable though the leads give good though not flawless performances.
