小男孩哈尼在森林中漫步时，发现了他的父亲——哈利的尸体。不同于一般谋杀案，这次因为多人都自认为凶手而令案情更加扑朔迷离。亚伯特船长（埃德蒙格温 Edmund Gwenn 饰）认为是他在打猎射击时误杀了哈利；村落里的老处女葛雷布礼小姐（麦尔翠德耐维克 Mildred Natwick 饰）认为是因为她为了保住自己的名声而用一只鞋子打了哈利的头部而造成他的死亡；与哈利感情不睦的妻子珍妮佛（雪莉麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine 饰）则认为是她因为反抗哈利的性爱用装牛奶的罐子敲向他的脑袋而造成了他的死亡。真相最后能否水落石出？
茱莉亚（Cathleen Nesbitt 饰）年事已高，家财万贯，可是没有子嗣，也就没有名正言顺的继承者，为此，她找到了女巫师布兰奇（芭芭拉·哈里斯 Barbara Harris 饰）。茱莉亚告诉布兰奇，她的妹妹曾有一个私生子，被她送给别人抚养，如今，她想找到这个可怜的孩子，让他继承家产。
就这样，布兰奇和情人乔治（布鲁斯·邓恩 Bruce Dern 饰）一起展开了调查，得知领养茱莉亚外甥的那个家庭全员葬身于大火之中，而放火的不是别人，正是他们想要找的那个人——爱德华（威廉姆·德瓦内 William Devane 饰）。如今的爱德华改名换姓，成为了一位珠宝商，狡猾的他害怕当年的罪行曝光，于是雇佣了当年帮他脱罪的马罗尼（艾德·劳特 Ed Lauter 饰），让他将布兰奇一行人杀死。
洛杉矶的飞机制造厂里，突然发生了一场火灾，工人伯金（Robert Cummings 饰）和朋友简奋勇救火，但简不幸葬身火海，事后调查发现伯金递给简的灭火器中装满了电油，于是警方将伯金定为重大嫌疑人，展开搜捕。获悉这一情况的伯金回忆后发现，灭火器实际出自一名叫做弗莱的工人之手，但警方并未给伯金说明的机会，危急时刻，伯金奋力逃出，追寻弗莱的去向为自己洗脱罪名。在弗莱工作过的农场，伯金发现农场主杜宾居然也跟此事有牵连，于是匆忙逃跑。亡命路途上，铂金结识了广告模特佩蒂（Priscilla Lane 饰），铂金用诚挚打消了后者对自己的怀疑，与她结伴同行。在弗莱可能藏身的荒僻小镇，伯金乔装成杜宾的手下，打入了这个神秘的破坏组织内部……
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Murderer hiding out on a failing mine operation, is discovered by the chief engineer. Both are stuck in this remote area of Mexico for 6 weeks until the company owner's plane returns. With the contract almost up, the accused killer was brought in to spur the dig, in return for refuge. He keeps a gun trained on the engineer, though the engineer assures the hunted man he empathiz...
