剧情介绍
埃利奥特（格伦·福特 Glenn Ford 饰）是一位小有名气的电影编剧，最近，他成为了众多男人们艳慕的对象，因为他的新婚妻子内尔（黛比·雷诺斯 Debbie Reynolds 饰）是浑身闪烁着耀眼光芒的百老汇巨星，两人的婚姻生活幸福而又美满。 然而，让埃利奥特再也没有想到的是，某天，他竟然会遇见比他读过的所有电影剧本还要离奇的事件——某个神秘的男人手持内尔的艳照找到了他，声称如果埃利奥特不为此而付出一笔巨款，就将照片公之于众。为了免除后患，埃利奥特杀死了这个男人，并将他的尸体藏在了凉亭之中，哪知道这具尸体竟然来了一个乾坤大挪移，出现在了别的地方。Television writer and director Elliott Nash and his wife Nell have a happy marriage. One day a blackmailer informs Elliott that he has nude photos of his wife Nell, taken when she was only 18 years old. The blackmailer, a certain Dan Shelby, threatens to ruin Nell's reputation and her Broadway stage career if Elliott refuses to pay a ransom. Elliott agrees to pay the blackmailer but the demands increase and Elliott becomes a nervous wreck and a workaholic in his attempt to earn more money for the blackmailer. Elliott even considers selling his house in order to raise the 25 thousand dollars the blackmailer demands. Nell is unaware of the blackmail scheme and often worries about Elliott's state of mind. In desperation, Elliott decides to lure the blackmailer to Elliott's home for a large final payment and kill him. But Elliott is no killer and his planning for the imminent premeditated murder is amateurish at best.