唐尼(连姆·尼森 Liam Neeson 饰)曾经是满怀着正义感惩奸除恶的警察,却因为意外而被迫离职,离职之后,唐尼成为了一名私家侦探,专门为离婚案件提供线索。唐尼是一个可以为了达到目的而不择手段的男人,这种不择手段包括为了能够找到出轨证据而不惜让自己的妻子安捷琳(劳拉·桑·吉亚科莫 Laura San Giacomo 饰)去勾引客户的丈夫。
一次,唐尼又故技重施,哪知道玩脱了,不仅客户被杀,甚至牵连到了老婆,更糟的是,偷鸡不成蚀把米的唐尼成为了最大嫌疑人遭到了警方的追捕。而能够替唐尼洗脱罪名的人,只有他自己了。
There is no way to write a "spoiler"---is there actually somebody somewhere who, ten minutes into this 1950's film, wouldn't know where it is going and will end up---since it is a strictly written-by-the-numbers corruption and redemption meller that finds: number 1, a doctor returns from the Korean War to his Pennsylvania mining hometown, (and 2) must choose between dedicating himself to treating the suffering poor (or 3) build himself a swank office and get rich by flattering wealthy women with imaginary ailments. Throw in elements no. 5,Lizabeth Scott as a rich, spoiled, twice-divorced woman with a lip stiffer than his, and number 6, Dianne Foster as a nurse bent on helping all mankind, and there are no surprises left, especially if one take note of the name of Irving Wallace among the writers, the title and Scott billed above Foster. The only surprise here is that this film wasn't from Universal-International and directed by Douglas Sirk.