一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡,在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆,其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀……
Roger directed for two days on a set left over from a previous production, and without a proper script. He hired Francis Coppola to write a script and finish the picture. After five weeks of shooting, Roger fired Francis, and hired me to finish the picture. Jack Hill was hired to write a new script with me. A lot of what Francis shot was thrown out, except for the stuff with the witch from WIZARD OF OZ. (Dorothy Newman), and I finished the picture in five days of shooting. All of the interiors are Roger's (with the exception of Francis's witch's lair), and most of the exteriors are mine. To the best of my recollection, and contrary to legend, Jack Nicholson did not direct any of the film.。女记者瑞秋(凯特·贝金赛尔 Kate Beckinsale 饰)从线人处获得了一份情报涉及政府一次相当不光彩的行为。在丈夫雷(大卫·休默 David Schwimmer 饰)支持下刊登了这起新闻报道。政府最终以泄露国家 机密的罪行将瑞秋推上被告席,主审该案件的则是自负的检察官帕顿(马特·狄龙 Matt Dillon 饰)。在法庭上,面对帕顿的层层逼问,瑞秋坦然地叙述了整个事件的前前后后,公众心中的天平也开始往瑞秋方面倾斜,但是艾伦坚持要求瑞秋必须说出资料的提供者是谁,瑞秋逐渐地陷入进退两难的境地。艾伦开始向舆论和瑞秋的家人施加压力,而雷也渐渐地抵抗不住国家给予的压力,建议瑞秋屈服于国家。但瑞秋向雷表达了自己的坚持:真相至上。。