The Sign of the Ram is a 1948 American film noir directed by John Sturges and screenplay by Charles Bennett, based on a novel written by Margaret Ferguson. The drama features Susan Peters, Alexander Knox and Phyllis Thaxter. It also featured Ron Randell. The film's title alludes to people born under the astrological sign Aries (the Ram), who are supposedly strong-willed and desire to be admired, as explained in the dialogue.

Plot

Sherida Binyon is driven by Mallory St. Aubyn to Bastions, his family estate on the western coast of England, where she is to serve as a secretary to Mallory's wife Leah. Leah is a poet who uses a wheelchair due to an accident when she rescued her step-children (by Mallory's first wife) from drowning. Mallory and the three children—Jane, Logan, and Christine—all seem devoted to Leah, perhaps out of guilt. Leah, however, manipulates the family's affections through her own condition while also flirting with her doctor. Besides the doctor, the family is frequently visited by a gossipy neighbor, Clara Brastock.