Conniving, turn-of-the-century, Southern aristocrat Regina Giddens (Bette Davis) values nothing more than wealth and social position. When she and her two brothers (played by Charles Dingle and Carl Benton Reid) scheme mercilessly to make a fortune on a new cotton mill, Regina lets nothing stand in her way -- not even her husband's life or her daughter's love. Director William Wyler adapted Lillian Hellman's play for the silver screen.