一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡，在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆，其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀…… Rogerdirectedfortwodaysonasetleftoverfromapreviousproduction,andwithoutaproperscript.HehiredFrancisCoppolatowriteascriptandfinishthepicture.Afterfiveweeksofshooting,RogerfiredFrancis,andhiredmetofinishthepicture.JackHillwashiredtowriteanewscriptwithme.AlotofwhatFrancisshotwasthrownout,exceptforthestuffwiththewitchfromWIZARDOFOZ.(DorothyNewman),andIfinishedthepictureinfivedaysofshooting.AlloftheinteriorsareRoger's(withtheexceptionofFrancis'switch'slair),andmostoftheexteriorsaremine.Tothebestofmyrecollection,andcontrarytolegend,JackNicholsondidnotdirectanyofthefilm.
