Vole had been with her earlier in the evening just before she was found dead:"When the housekeeper returned from her day off, she found her mistress dead, struck on the back of the head and killed.[Note: Both Bergman and Cotten received such prominence because contract stars "Miss Bergman and Mr.Cotten (appear) through courtesy of David O.Selznick," an independent producer who loaned them to MGM.]Plot SynopsisIn the opening, the title credits over under a flickering gaslight, typical of the Victorian era.A blonde teenager named Kristen Parker (Tuesday Knight, previously portrayed in the third film by Patricia Arquette) walked toward her and asked: "Do you live here?.]The emotionally-intense psycho-drama also hinted at he real-life troubles and problems (five marriages) in the career of its female star - a victim of the Hollywood studio system - during he film""s making.