盖伊(法利·格兰杰 Farley Granger 饰)拥有一段并不幸福的婚姻,他的妻子乔伊斯(凯茜·罗杰斯 Kasey Rogers 饰)是一个水性杨花的浪女,盖伊对妻子的不忠恨之入骨。布鲁诺(罗伯特·沃克 Robert Walker 饰)常年受到专横的父亲安东尼先生(乔纳森·哈勒 Jonathan Hale 饰)的压制,忍无可忍的他逐渐起了杀心。就是这样的两个倒霉男人,他们在一列火车上相遇了。 互诉衷肠之后,布鲁诺提出了交换杀人的建议,企图给警方造成无动机的假象。盖伊以为布鲁诺只是开玩笑呢,不置可否,哪知道没过几天,乔伊斯竟然真的死于非命。布鲁诺完成了他的承诺,下面轮到盖伊了。
Returning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny witnesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
When a woman's husband disappears during a kayaking trip, everyone assumes that he drowned. When she catches a glimpse of a man who looks exactly like him, it sets off a chain of events that unravels everything she thought she knew about him.