玛丽拉（伊丽莎白·泰勒 Elizabeth Taylor 饰）是一位在行业内声名显赫的电影明星，在一场宴会上，一起死亡事件的发生让她陷入了危险的境地。原来，死者死于一杯毒酒，而这杯毒酒本应被玛丽拉饮下。警方迅速介入了调查，随着线索的展开，玛丽拉的丈夫杰森（洛克·哈德森 Rock Hudson 饰）成为了终点怀疑对象。
不幸的是，事情并没有就此终结，神秘的匿名电话，诡异的敲诈字条，在巨大的压力之...
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