故事发生在一座南方小镇之中,年轻的女学生玛丽(拉娜·特纳 Lana Turner 饰)的被害震惊了整个小镇,检察官安迪(克劳德·雷恩斯 Claude Rains 饰)接手了此案,并且最终将嫌疑人的目标锁定在了玛丽的男友乔伊、校长巴克斯顿和门卫维恩的身上。安迪一直野心勃勃的想要竞选州长,他将这起案件当做是自己平步青云的垫脚石,然而,这三个嫌疑人,无论最终凶手是哪一个,都不足以令这起案件轰动整个州...
A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, and then watches as the brother becomes the prime suspect....