在这部枕边不设防惊悚片中,曲折悬疑的谋杀故事，主人公是一名成功的女律师，她跟表面上衣着光鲜的大地主共堕爱河，但此人旋即被杀，而且被揭发他是经营儿童色情片的黑帮分子。警探乔治负责侦查这一宗内情复杂的命案，发现死者的太太、女儿和跟他不和的父亲都有嫌疑，甚至女律师也是主要嫌疑犯。为了证明自己的清白，女律师只有利用自己的专业知识冒险找出真凶。
The lawyer Thelma "T.K." Knudsen Katwuller is having a love affair with her client, Steven Seldes, accused of making under-age porn movies through the Blue Screen Production. When T.K. meets her old college friend Ellie Seldes, she finds that she is Steven's wife and Ellie invites T.K. to have dinner with her family at her home. T.K. decides to break-up with Steven and he asks her to meet him in his office. While waiting for Steven, T.K. finds that he owns the Blue Screen Production and had lied to her. The next morning, Ellie is arrested and accused of murdering her husband and Ellie hires T.K. to defend her. Detective Beutel feels that something is missing in the case.
