简介：InasmallNewEnglandtownduringtheAmericanWarofIndependence,DickDudgeon,arevolutionaryAmericanPuritan,ismistakenforlocalministerRev.AnthonyAndersonandarrestedbytheBritish.Dickdiscovershimselfincapableofaccusinganotherhumantosufferandcontinuestomasqueradeasthereverend.Theminister'swife,Judith,ismovedbyDick'sactionsandmistakenlyinterpretsthemasanexpressionofloveforher.Inspiteofhisprotestationsshefindsherselfromanticallyattractedtohim.BroughtbeforeBritishcommanderGeneralBurgoyne,Dudgeondisplayshiswillingnesstodieforhisprinciples.AtthelastminuteDickissavedfromministerialpursuitstobecomearevolutionaryleader.…