George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million
马洛（迪克·鲍威尔 Dick Powell 饰）是一名独来独往的私家侦探，某日，马里特（Douglas Walton 饰）找到了马洛聘他当自己的保镖，结果马洛却莫名其妙的挨了一顿打。之后，一个叫安（安妮·雪莉 Anne Shirley 饰）的女孩现身，她告诉马洛，他所遭遇的一切和她的继母格雷尔夫人及其所拥有的翡翠有着千丝万缕的关联。对翡翠深感好奇的马洛决定将这一连串的事件调查个水落石出。
在安的协助下，马洛对事件的全貌渐渐的有了了解，而隐藏在背后的，是安的父亲（迈尔斯·曼德 Miles Mander 饰）
Steven Parnell, who was accused of murdering a number young girls the previous summer, is killed while in prison awaiting trial. Morse had not been involved in the case as he was on leave during most of that investigation. What piques Morse's
麦蒂（巴里·佩珀 Barry Pepper 饰）的父亲本尼（丹尼斯·霍珀 Dennis Hopper 饰）是能够一手遮天的纽约黑帮老大，本尼希望麦蒂能够子承父业，将黑帮发展成为一种家庭文化，无奈麦蒂生来软弱胆小，就连加入黑帮的最基本测试——杀一个人都无法通过，无奈，他只得将儿子放回社会，去做一个普通人。
可是，麦蒂很快就发现，由于父亲的“名声”，靠自己单枪匹马的力量根本无法再社会上生存下去，走投无路的他只得重新回到了本尼的身边。本尼交给了麦蒂一个“安全”的任务——运送一笔黑钱，踌躇满志的麦蒂决定绝不辜负父
Felix McClure, an Oxford University professor, is stabbed to death in his college study. Not only was he an expert in his field but he was one of the University's key fund-raisers. The investigation focuses on Brooks, a one-time cleaner for M
