简介：Thestoryissetin18thcenturyruralEngland.AgypsycoupledecidetowheedletheirwayintothefavorsofanEnglishcountrygentleman,SirPaulDeverill(KeithMichell)withtheexpresspurposeofmilkinghimforallthathe'sgot.Troubleis,SirPaulisnearlybrokeandheplanstomarryintoanearbyrichfamilysoastobolsterhisfortunes. Thefemmefatale,Belle(MelinaMercouri),seducesSirPaulandeventuallybecomestheladyofthehouse,squanderingandstealingallthathehas,andablysupportedbyhertruelover,Jess(PatrickMcGoohan),whomshelovespassionately.Troubleis,Jessdoesn'tcaretoohootsforBelle–hejustwantsallthemoney. Asub-plotthensurfaces:SirPaul'ssister,Sarah(JuneLaverick)isbequeathedafortunebytheirgreataunt–butonlyifshemarriesbeforetheageoftwenty-one.Sarahismadlyinlovewithabrilliantyoungmedicalstudent,JohnPatterson(LyndonBrook)andhewantstomarryhernow,already,butshehesitates.That'sherundoing,becauseSirPaul–rascalthatheis–spiritsherawaytoasecretplacetoholdherprisoneruntilsheisovertwenty-one.Troubleis,SirPauldoesn'treckononPatterson'sdeterminationtofindhislostlove... DoesSarahsucceedinescapingfromherprison?WillSirPaulgetthefortuneillegally?WillBellefindtruelovewithJess,orwillsheremainwithSirPaul?Whew...soundslikesomethingfromTheBoldandTheBeautiful,huh?…