露丝·罗曼

　　A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.

　　盖伊（法利·格兰杰 Farley Granger 饰）拥有一段并不幸福的婚姻，他的妻子乔伊斯（凯茜·罗杰斯 Kasey Rogers 饰）是一个水性杨花的浪女，盖伊对妻子的不忠恨之入骨。布鲁诺（罗伯特·沃克 Robert Walker 饰）常年受到专横的父亲安东尼先生（乔纳森·哈勒 Jonathan Hale 饰）的压制，忍无可忍的他逐渐起了杀心。就是这样的两个倒霉男人，他们在一列火车上相遇了。　　互诉衷肠之后，布鲁诺提出了交换杀人的建议，企图给警方造成无动机的假象。盖伊以为布鲁诺只是开玩笑呢，不置可否，哪知道没过几天，乔伊斯竟然真的死于非命。布鲁诺完成了他的承诺，下面轮到盖伊了。

　　When FBI Agent Zack Stewart is killed, Agent John Ripley takes over the three cases he was working on, hoping one will lead to his killer. The first involves gangster Joe Walpo and Ripley finds his hideout through Joe's girl friend, Connie Anderson. Joe is killed but it is established he was 400 miles away when Stewart was murdered. The next involves a car-theft gang which Ripley breaks up by using one of the gang, Vince Angelino and his wife Julie. The last case involves Kate Martell, the victim of an extortionist who threatens to kidnap her child unless she pays him $10,000