斯蒂尔（亨弗莱·鲍嘉HumphreyBogart饰）是一名编剧，一次偶然中，他结识了名叫米尔德里德（玛莎·斯图尔特MarthaStewart饰）的女子，当晚，斯蒂尔邀请米尔德里德到家中研究剧本，没想到第二天早晨，米尔德里德却被发现死于非命，一时间，斯蒂尔成为了最大的嫌疑人。幸运的是，邻居劳雷尔（格洛丽亚·格雷厄姆GloriaGrahame饰）用自己的目击证词证明了斯蒂尔的清白，两人以此为契机走到了一起，开始了交往。然而，社会中针对斯蒂尔的风言风语从未停歇，斯蒂尔和劳雷尔之间的感情因此而变得岌岌可危，斯蒂尔日渐暴躁，甚至差一点就失手杀了劳雷尔。最终，杀害米尔德里德的凶手被捉拿归案，但斯蒂尔和劳雷尔的关系却再也回不到过去了。

Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) is a family man, living in California, who can't seem to get by financially. He meets up with a small-time, but charismatic, hood Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges). Soon, Slocum convinces Tyler to participate in gas station robberies to get by. Later, they kidnap a wealthy man in hopes of getting a huge ransom. Things go wrong when the man is murdered by Slocum then thrown in a lake. Tyler reaches his limit emotionally, and he begins drinking heavily. He meets a lonely woman and confesses the crime while drunk. The woman flees and goes to the police.When the two kidnappers are arrested, a local journalist (Richard Carlson) writes a series of hate-filled articles about the two prisoners which eventually lead to a brutal lynching.The despair of the lower middle-class A family man ashamed of being unemployed allows himself to be convinced by a gangster to take part in a kidnapping. The police arrests them both and the anger of the small town’s population is unforgi

杰罗德·亨利教授（文森特·普莱斯 Vincent Price饰）是一名醉心艺术的雕刻艺术家，他的每件蜡像雕塑都栩栩如生。他一直潜心钻研历史上的著名人物形象，尤其钟爱法王路易十六的王后玛丽·安托瓦内特。然而他的生意合作伙伴马修·伯克（罗伊·罗伯茨 Roy Roberts饰）却因为杰罗德经营蜡像院收益不佳而大为不满。为了更快的收取钱财，丧心病狂的马修烧毁了整座蜡像馆，包括所有杰罗德视如珍宝的蜡像雕塑。火灾之后，杰罗德葬身火海，神秘地失踪了，而马修则如愿得到了大笔保险金。18个月后，杰罗德竟然奇迹般地“复活”了。不仅如此，杰罗德还举办了一次全新的艺术展览，一场以死亡暴力为题，令人毛骨悚然的血腥之展。苏·艾伦（菲莉丝·柯克 Phyllis Kirk饰）本是一名普通的美丽女孩，刚刚成为杰罗德的新任助理。可随着她的好友离奇被杀之后，苏的生活开始变得危险而不安。苏怎会知道，她正是杰罗德要创作的下一个完美蜡像玛丽·安托瓦内特。

A terrified wife tries to escape from her insanely jealous husband who is bent on killing her.