故事发生在一座南方小镇之中，年轻的女学生玛丽（拉娜·特纳 Lana Turner 饰）的被害震惊了整个小镇，检察官安迪（克劳德·雷恩斯 Claude Rains 饰）接手了此案，并且最终将嫌疑人的目标锁定在了玛丽的男友乔伊、校长巴克斯顿和门卫维恩的身上。安迪一直野心勃勃的想要竞选州长，他将这起案件当做是自己平步青云的垫脚石，然而，这三个嫌疑人，无论最终凶手是哪一个，都不足以令这起案件轰动整个州...
When Fuchs starts his new job as a teacher in a prison school, replacing the old and unconventional teacher Berger against her will, he is forced to confront his biggest fear, triggered by the mysteri...