It’s a respectable Victorian melodrama centering on housemaid "Esther" (Kathleen Ryan), who finds herself drawn to the roguish appeal of "Latch" (Dirk Bogarde). Abandoned—with their infant child—when he runs off with another woman, she faces the challenge of maintaining employment and managing financially during an era without maternity leave provisions. Just as she appears to be gaining some ground, her adversary re…