Carol is a young dancer whose career is destroyed by polio. Carol’s fiancé, Guy, wants to see her through her illness, but the self-pitying Carol prefers to go at it alone. Her father takes her to an institute for rehabilitation, where she meets fellow patients on her road to recovery.

Released at the height of America’s polio epidemic, Ida Lupino’s crisp portrait of chronic illness astounds with its acute social and psychological realism. In this breathtaking look at a nightclub dancer’s shattered dreams, Lupino worked with real patients alongside her own experiences of illness.