博兰顿（约翰•达尔John Dall 饰）和菲利普（法利•格兰杰 Farley Granger 饰）都是哈佛的高才生，狼人一天，狼人都是同性恋的两人合谋杀害了同学戴维，并藏尸于一个大箱子中。或许是出于炫耀，他们做出了一个惊人的举动。那就是用装着戴维尸体的箱子当餐桌，邀请了戴维的父母、未婚妻、同学和茹伯特教授（詹姆斯•斯图尔特 James Stewart 饰）来赴宴。他们谎称戴维外出了，和客人们在戴维的“棺材”上进行着宴会。胆小的菲利普从宴会开始就开始坐立不安，但是博兰顿却不慌不忙，在客人中滔滔不绝。然而，聪明的茹伯特教授从博兰顿的谈话中渐渐察觉出事有蹊跷……
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回复 :The lady is Mrs. Hilyard, a wealthy poetess who lives in a three-story city mansion and her cage is her elevator, which stops a dozen feet short of the main floor due to an electrical failure on a July 4th weekend. She rings her outside alarm, eventually noticed by a drunken derelict, who breaks into the house, ignores her plight and helps himself to various items and alcohol. He leaves with his loot but returns a while later with a plump prostitute and three teenage hoodlums, who proceed to terrorize Mrs. Hilyard as they wreck her home.
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回复 :一对兄弟姐妹在一家偏僻的汽车旅馆里度过了一个可怕的恶作剧之夜。
回复 :该片故事改编自布朗纳撰写的文章《追踪弗雷 加德特工》(Chasing Agent Freegard)，讲述一桩真实发生的故事，职业骗子罗伯特·弗雷加德(诺顿饰)是个操纵人心的高手，他让无数受害者相信他是军情五处的卧底，以此敲诈和绑架他们。阿特登所饰的角色最初为他的魅力所倾倒，后来成为了弗雷加德垮台的关键人物，她的行动导致他被定罪和逮捕。
