A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, and then watches as the brother becomes the prime suspect.

根据曾经震惊全美的Leo Frank案改编，讲述了一位北方教师在南方经受的不公正审判。在某个南方小镇中，一位年轻女学生玛丽·克雷（拉娜·特纳 饰）惨遭杀害，三个嫌疑人被立即锁定：校长巴克斯顿、玛丽的男友乔伊以及黑人门卫雷德韦恩。地…