Johnnie Aysgarth (Anothony Andrews) appears to be the perfect gentleman and a very wealthy and eligible bachelor. Bu the truth is very different... Little does American Linda McLaidlaw (Jane Curtin) realize how different until the couple are married following a whirlwind affair.. She discovers that far from being rich, Johnnie is a compulsive liar and gambler. Unable to keep a job and unwilling to give up gambling, Johnnie develops a bizarre fascination for murder. He's inexplicably vague about his whereabouts at the time of his best friend's mysterious death. And suspicion spirals into near certainty when Linda discovers that Johnnie's request to borrow money against her life insurance policy can only be fulfilled in the event of her death. The evidence is all too convincing and Linda must face the fact that her husband could be a cold-blooded killer and she could be his next victim!