A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
An unexpected bond develops between a fugitive killer and a runaway orphan on an odyssey across England.
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
