一场突如其来的鼠疫在德国科隆降临。一时之间，午夜街道、午夜下水道、家里、垃圾堆，到处都堆满了老鼠。一例例被感染的病人相继死去。一批批的人被强硬隔离起来，恐惧与慌乱随着空气一起蔓延开来，整个城市被死神的阴影笼罩着。事发于一个流浪汉猝死街头，令人难以置信地显现了黑死病地症候，综合医疗调查组的马丁·布鲁格医生和疾病控制专家克莱蒙·林德斯尔在这座古城发现了可怕的一幕。大堆的死鼠堵塞了下水道，是它们引起瘟疫的吗？为了避免市民恐慌，政府没有接受专家的意见。只是一些要人也开始变得奄奄一息时，事情才明朗起来……
回复 :当一个雄心勃勃的纪录片导演把镜头对准一个为了赚钱而羞辱自己的美丽女人时，他发现了自己最黑暗的部分。
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回复 :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.
回复 :女主角的母亲因一直做恶梦，而女主角回到家乡去探望她，这时全镇的小孩突然患上不名疾病，后来女主角发现是个一位传教士乔舒亚有关，到底整件事的真相是如何呢……
