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The scene is India, where elderly, incompetent medical missionary Brother Thomas Fitzgibbon (Ed Begley) is on the verge of being replaced by his younger, more qualified assistant, Brother John Sprague (Tom Simcox). This does not rest well with Brother Thomas' wife, Mary (Jeanette Nolan), who is willing to go to any length to save her husband's position. Mary formulates a sinister scheme that has dark implications for Brother John's lovely young wife, Lucy (Maggie Pierce)