Sheila Bennet returns to New York from Cuba carrying $40,000 worth of smuggled diamonds - and smallpox, which could start a devastating epidemic in the unprotected city. Treasury agent Johnson loses her but keeps doggedly on the trail, while Public Health Doctor Wood searches in vain for the unknown person spreading the deadly disease far and wide. Meanwhile, the increasingly i...。本片灵感来自一篇半自传故事,讲述一名少女与作风大胆的母亲一起照顾弟弟时,与一名古怪的社会人士建立了难能可贵的友谊,而他正在抗议有史以来最具指标意义的医疗案例之一。。