塞尔玛乔丹，一个深夜，在结婚助理DA克利夫马歇尔的办公室出现了。之前克利夫能阻止自己，他和塞尔玛参与非法的事。但塞尔玛是一个神秘的女人，克利夫不禁怀疑她是否有难言之隐。

　　罗伯特·西奥德梅克于五十年代执导的海盗片，至今仍为同类影片中的经典之作，也是伯特．兰卡斯特在年轻时主演的影片，是其成名之作。剧情描述十八世纪时，在地中海出没的一名海盗和一名古怪的发明家联手，协助海岛上的居民反抗暴君的残暴统治。

　　In 1902 London, unhappily married Philip Marshall meets young Mary Gray, who is unemployed and depressed. Their deepening friendship, though physically innocent, is discovered by Philip's wife who threatens him with exposure and scandal, driving him to kill her. Thereafter, fortune seems to smile on Philip Marshall; but does fate have a surprise in store?