 When his fiancée Helen (Hazel Court) leaves chicken farmer Arthur (Laurence Harvey) for another man, he accepts her decision by conveniently enjoying the life of a bachelor. A year passes and Helen pays him a return visit, asking for forgiveness. It seems her love interest didn t work out and she wants to rekindle an old flame, against Arthur s wish to remain a bachelor. Accostomed to strangling chickens for a living, Arthur angrily applies the same method to Helen, then hides her body. The police suspect him of murder, but can do nothing for lack of evidence.