一位名叫詹森(Martin Boddey 饰)的男子遭人杀害,他的同事克里夫(加里·库柏 Gary Cooper 饰)成为了警方怀疑的重点对象。为了洗清自己身上的嫌疑,克里夫指认了另一位名叫海斯(雷·麦克安利 Ray McAnally 饰)的男子,尽管他知道海斯是无辜的。最终,海斯锒铛入狱,而克里夫因此获得了巨额的资金,并且开始运营起自己的商业帝国来。
克里夫事业上的成功让他的妻子玛莎(黛博拉·蔻儿 Deborah Kerr 饰)感到十分的开心,但与此同时,玛莎的心里也开始隐隐约约的怀疑起丈夫来。为了弄清楚事件的真相,玛莎暗中展开了调查,在此过程中,对于丈夫的爱和对于真相的求索令玛莎倍感痛苦。
On the mountainous frontier between British India and Afghanistan, circa 1860s, Zarak Khan kisses Salma, the youngest wife of his father, Haji Khan. Outraged, his father orders Zarak to be flogged to death but spares his life at the urging of an elderly Mullah. Zarak now leaves his village and becomes a notorious outlaw, prompting the British to assign a Major Ingram to capture...