Lady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person....
芝加哥发生了一桩震惊全城的恐怖血案。当地一间教堂的主教罗森惨遭杀害，身上被刻上神秘数字，警方逮捕了当时在场身染血迹的犯罪嫌疑人阿伦（ Edward Norton 饰）。马丁（理查?基尔 Richard Gere 饰）作为阿伦的辩护律师，和他的前女友检控官珍妮特较上了劲。
马丁并不在乎事实，他为阿伦辩护的唯一目的就是要赢得官司，让自己一战成名。而珍妮特作为正义的代表当然寸步不让。珍妮特（劳拉?琳...