The House in the Square

Peter Standish (Tyrone Power) is an American Atomic physics who is working in a nuclear laboratory in London. His co-worker Roger Forsyth (Michael Rennie), who is worried about Peter's lack of social activities, takes him to a house in Berkeley Square he inherited. It is there where Peter announces his wishes of living in the 18th century among the high-class family Petigrew he has studied the last years. Because of a lightning strike, he is brought back to 1784, where he is thought to be the first Peter Standish, the American cousin of the Petigrews who, according to history, will soon romance and marry Kate Petigrew (Beatrice Campbell).