In the Victorian England of 1895, Sir Robert Chiltern , British Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs is in line for a cabinet post. He has served with honor in the political arena and is selflessly devoted to his wife Lady Gertrude. When the Victorian adventuress, Mrs. Cheveley, arrives in London, she blackmails Sir Robert to vote to support a phony Argentine canal scheme in parliament or else threatens to blab that Sir Robert in his youth profited by selling a Cabinet secret about the Suez Canal. This enabled him to make a fortune and get a head start in his political career. Mrs. Cheveley's blackmail threatens to ruin Sir Robert's career and marriage.
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