被妻子抛弃的痛苦让警察弗兰克(阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰)陷入了痛苦的深渊无法自拔,每日,只有尼古丁与酒精才能够给予他救赎。一宗谋杀案的发生打破了城市的平静,弗兰克和搭档舍曼(约翰·古德曼 John Goodman 饰)负责此案。通过种种调查,弗兰克发现凶手是一名女子,她通过报纸上的征友启事寻找猎物,之后残忍的将他们杀害。 为了追击凶手,弗兰克伪造了自己的身份在报纸上刊登了启事,一个叫做海伦(艾伦·巴金 Ellen Barkin 饰)的女人出现在了他的面前。几乎所有的证据都证明了海伦就是案件的真凶,但此刻的弗兰克发现,自己竟然真的对海伦产生了依赖和感情,与此同时,危险也悄悄的来到了他的身边。
A lavish weekend party sees Miss Marple accompany Lady Virginia Revel to her family home of Chimneys - a house which was once prized for its diplomatic gatherings until a rare diamond was stolen from the premises over twenty years ago. The tenacious career politician, George Lomax, has persuaded Virginia's father, Lord Caterham, to host an evening for an important Austrian Count, Ludwig Von Stainach. Virginia, the daughter of Miss Marple's late cousin, must decide by the end of the weekend whether to accept a marriage proposal from George Lomax or to follow her heart and the courtship of another more adventurous suitor, Anthony Cade. Dismayed by the odd array of guests, including socialist spinster Miss Blenkinsopp, Caterham's formidable eldest daughter Bundle and the quietly inscrutable maidservant Treadwell, Lomax castigates his affable assistant Bill Eversleigh, who also has a soft spot for Virginia. It becomes apparent that Count Ludwig has taken a personal interest in Chimneys.