Sex and politics collide in this harrowing, hard-hitting tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself passionately in love with the man he must betray. Written by Jim Stark　　A rising politician risks his career and his marriage when his homosexual desires are reawakened following a hospital visit. At first he's safe enough with one night stands with young rent boys chosen by a discreet hustler that he met in the hospital. But, when he falls for one of the boys he meets and starts bringing the young man into his family, the risks escalate. What he does not know is that the political opposition knows of his vice and have planted the boy.

故事发生在17世纪中叶的美国，美丽的海丝特（森塔·伯格SentaBerger饰）遵循丈夫罗杰（汉斯·克里斯蒂安·布勒希HansChristianBlech饰）的指示，只身一人来到了一座地处偏远的小镇生活，在这里，海斯特邂逅了名为亚瑟（洛乌·卡斯特尔LouCastel饰）的牧师。海斯特和亚瑟之间产生了非常猛烈的化学反应，可是海斯特碍于自己已婚的身份，而亚瑟亦被自己牧师的职业所束缚，两人间虽然电光火石，但发乎情止于理，都没有进一步的举动。直到有一天，海瑟特得知罗杰在一场海难之中死去了，恢复了自由之身的她对亚瑟的感情终于如同决堤的潮水一般，将所有的理智淹没了。之后，海斯特怀上了亚瑟的孩子，她遭到了逮捕，并冠以通奸罪的罪名，然而为了保全亚瑟，海斯特无论如何也不肯供出孩子父亲的名字。