罗杰(加里·格兰特 Cary Grant 饰)是个平凡的广告商人,最近却莫名其妙的惹了一身的麻烦——他被别人错认成一名叫“凯普林”的人,还被人灌醉放进车中,意图造成车毁人亡,命大的罗杰却顺利逃过这一劫。这个离奇的经历让罗杰又后怕又好奇,为了证明自己的清白,他非要找出真正的 “凯普林”不可。 噩运在纠缠罗杰。他一路设法摆脱追杀,一边千里追踪凯普林的线索。他跳上了一趟开往芝加哥的列车,车上巧遇娇娃坎多(爱娃·玛丽·森特 Eva Marie Saint 饰),愿意助他一臂之力。眼看就快可以约见凯普林,事情却又起了波澜——他不但没有见到凯普林,还随之陷入了又一场危机当中。真相越来越扑朔迷离,拉什莫山的总统雕像,也成了一场生死搏斗的大舞台。
在一场艺术品拍卖会上,汤姆(丹尼斯·霍珀 Dennis Hopper 饰)遇见了名为乔纳森(布鲁诺·甘茨 Bruno Ganz 饰)的男人。乔纳森患有血液方面的疾病,这对于他那并不富裕的家庭来说无异于雪上加霜。黑手党找到了汤姆希望他能够帮他们完成一项暗杀任务,不愿意铤而走险的汤姆想到了乔纳森。 汤姆向乔纳森保证,如果后者能够代替他完成任务,那么汤姆的家庭将会得到一大笔的报酬,与此同时,汤姆贿赂了乔纳森的主治医师,两人合伙蒙骗了乔纳森,让他以为自己的病情发生了急速恶化。就这样,心中充满了痛苦和绝望的乔纳森走上了一条不归路,而看着乔纳森苦苦挣扎的模样,汤姆的心中竟然也产生了一种说不清道不明的情绪。
After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the newly detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the eldercare facility, the volunteers discover the governor and the facility’s supervisor have cooked up a horrifyingly depraved conspiracy that endangers both the young and the old…
When he learns his days are numbered old count Hervé de Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to die there, just to annoy his heirs. As a result of his body not being found the latter will have to wait for five years until they can inherit the count's money. Very upsetting indeed, all the more as they are required to keep up the Kéraudren estate in the meantime. To collect money, nephews and nieces organize a Son et Lumière show at the manor while busily looking for the missing corpse. But, unexpectedly, they get killed in turns. Murders or accidents Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline and his cousin Edwige investigate and finally succeed in exposing the culprit. And, the count's body being found by chance, all goes back to normal.