剧情介绍
史蒂夫（克林特·伊斯特伍德 Clint Eastwood 饰）是一名新闻记者，然而，生性风流外遇不断的他不仅被妻子扫地出门，亦遭到了上司的解雇。亚伦（詹姆斯·伍兹 James Woods 饰）是史蒂夫最好的朋友，在他的推荐下，史蒂夫来到了奥克兰论坛报任职，可是，史蒂夫仍然不改他吊儿郎当的本性，因此在报社里一直都是可有可无的存在。 原本报道杀人犯弗兰克（艾赛亚·华盛顿 Isaiah Washington 饰）的死刑执行新闻的记着突然遭遇了事故无法工作，史蒂夫作为替补接手了他的采访报道，然而，很快史蒂夫就发现，弗兰克一案的背后隐藏了许多的疑点，十二个小时后，弗兰克就将走上刑场，在这短短半天之内，史蒂夫能否还他一个清白？Steve Everett, Oakland Tribune journalist with a passion for women and alcohol, is given the coverage of the upcoming execution of murderer Frank Beachum. His attractive colleague Michelle died in a car accident the night before. Bob Findley, Steve's boss and husband to Steve's current affair, wants him dead and gone as soon as possible. When Steve stumbles across the possibility of Frank Beachum being innocently on death row, Bob feels his time to have come. Now Steve only has a few hours left to prove the innocence of Frank and to be right with this theory, as he definitely will be history if he's not.