Unfussily directed for TV by William Cameron Menzies with the emphasis firmly on story, this is a heart warming little tale based on a W Somerset Maugham short story. It is narrated by Ronald Colman as a surrogate for the author, who appears, to good effect, in wrap around scenes at the beginning and end and enters the story to set it up in flashback. The story concerns a governess (Angela Lansbury) who is asked to attend her employer's (Brenda Forbes) dinner party to make up the numbers. She is treated in an offhand way until a count, who is one of the guests (George Macready), remarks that the pearls she is wearing, are worth at least £60,000. As an expert in the field his view is respected and suddenly the governess is treated a lot differently, with the rumours circulating that she is impoverished but originally from noble stock. Suddenly she is caught between the romantic intentions of her former beau (Sean McClory) and a new, society one (Ron Randell). Are the pearls priceless or worthless? What will happen to the governess and who will she end up with? The story lets us know with a delightful twist at the end. Nigel Bruce, pops up in a fun cameo in his only TV appearance and his penultimate screen one. He is good fun as a deaf old Colonel who likes to recite Kipling. A bit dated but a beautiful tale well worth 25 minutes of your time.