Winters is an actor performing a play forbidden in the town. Lord Boynton has sworn to return from the grave to kill anyone attempting to mount the play.; A hunter and a lion seem to exchange their souls and personalities. However, an African witch doctor has manipulated the transfer.; All of his predecessors in the family of Frenchman Pierre Gault were hangmen. Now it’s Pierre’s turn, but he refuses to do the job. Doubts arise when people keep dying by accident in his presence.