剧情简介
一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡，在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆，其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀…… Roger directed for two days on a set left over from a previous production, and without a proper script. He hired Francis Coppola to write a script and finish the picture. After five weeks of shooting, Roger fired Francis, and hired me to finish the picture. Jack Hill was hired to write a new script with me. A lot of what Francis shot was thrown out, except for the stuff with the witch from WIZARD OF OZ. (Dorothy Newman), and I finished the picture in five days of shooting. All of the interiors are Roger's (with the exception of Francis's witch's lair), and most of the exteriors are mine. To the best of my recollection, and contrary to legend, Jack Nicholson did not direct any of the film.。年轻有为的Harrison French（Matthew Davis饰）有个漂亮的妻子，婚姻美满，事业和生活都蒸蒸日上，但是一个大雨滂沱的夜晚，哈里森驾车撞死了一名神秘男子。被害者被怀疑是银行劫匪，同时也可能是妻子的弟弟。在内心折磨之下，他将此事告诉了家庭的一个好友，律师William Ashbury（Harrison French饰），随之噩梦接踵而至，他因此被卷入了一位富豪的世界。William并非简单人物，他通过掌握几位权势人物的肮脏秘密而控制了这个团体，包括警察局长，Harrison的岳父---国会议员Henderson（Peter Coyote饰），Harrison的好友……Harrison不甘屈服，联合新来的探员Scofield（Aidan Quinn饰）将恐怖的疑云趋散。。
