凯文·科斯特纳在片中扮演一位直率的海军军官,他和国防部长(吉恩·哈克曼饰)都爱上了同一位女子(肖恩·杨饰),不过这个秘密一直到这个女人被人发现死去时才被揭开.风流潇洒的海军军官邂逅国防部官员的情妇,两人迅速打得火热.她决定离开官员,争吵时失足坠楼而亡.科斯特纳奉命调查她的死亡事件,不料所有罪证都不利于他,使他变成最可疑的凶手,到底谁要陷害他?他又如何全身而退?Tom Farrell is a navy officer who gets posted at the Pentagon and is to report to the secretary of defense David Brice. He starts an affair with Susan Atwell not knowing that she is Brice's mistress. When Susan is found dead, Tom is assigned to the case of finding the killer who is believed to be a KGB mole! Tom could soon become a suspect when a Polaroid negative of him was found at Susan's place. He now has only a few hours to find the killer before the computer regenerates the photo.