Larita Filton is named as correspondent in a scandalous divorce case. She escapes to France to rebuild her life where she meets John Whittaker. They are later married, but John's well-to-do family finds out Larita's secret.

An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.

贝斯手克里斯托弗（亨利·方达 Henry Fonda 饰）与妻子萝丝（维拉·迈尔斯 Vera Miles 饰）过着平静的生活，虽然经济并不宽裕，但幸福的婚姻和可爱的孩子们让克里斯托弗觉得人生再无遗憾。萝丝需要一笔钱去治疗牙痛，囊中羞涩的克里斯托弗决定贷款，而当他拿着单据来到银行后，命运跟他开了一个天大的玩笑。
不明就里的克里斯托弗因为抢劫银行被警方逮捕，随着调查的深入，更多对于他的指控浮出了水面，虽然对这些指控毫不知情，但面对确凿的证据和证人，克里斯托弗哑口无言。在被保释后，克里斯托弗和萝丝委托律师开始调查整个事件的来龙去脉，可发现的所有线索都对克里斯托弗不利。正当夫妻两人开始绝望之时，事情出现的转机。

一位新房客（艾佛•诺维洛饰）被房东太太（玛丽•奥尔特饰）和她丈夫（阿瑟•切斯尼饰）怀疑有可能是恶名昭著的“连环杀手”，但他们当时装模特的女儿黛西•邦廷（琼•特里普饰）却被他深深吸引。黛西的男友警探乔•贝茨（马尔科姆•基恩饰）产生了嫉妒，于是在房东太太的教唆下获得了搜查令闯入了他的房间。然后警察找到了一把手枪和一张标明以往杀人地点的地图，以及一张第一个受害人的照片。房客辩称那个女孩是她的妹妹，他只是在寻找杀人凶手，可是警察还是逮捕了他。在黛西的帮助下，他逃了出来，但因为戴着手铐在酒吧被人发现，于是，他被逼入了墙角。
本片有一个难忘的镜头被希区柯克称为是在默片时代替声音的拍法，就是镜头里出现“房客戴着手套的右手在楼梯扶手上慢慢下滑。

Two chorus girls at the Pleasure Garden Theatre follow different paths in love and fortune.

Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.

When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.