While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royale is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assassinate the foreign ruler. With his career over as a result of his injury, Royale returns to New York City with his sister Florence, close friend Mildred Miller, and considerably younger fiancée Grace Blair. After abandoning thoughts of suicide, Montgomery discovers he can lip read, and he spends his days observing people in Central Park from his apartment window. As he learns of people's problems, he tries to help them anonymously. He becomes absorbed in his game of "playing God" but his actions are without sincerity.
Bette Davis
Grace BlairRay Milland
Eddie (uncredited)Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Alice ChittendonAndré Luguet
The KingDonald Cook
Harold Van AdamViolet Heming
Mildred MillerOscar Apfel
Appleby - the Lip ReaderIvan F. Simpson
Battle