- This, the second adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, is much closer to the source text than the original - Murder, My Sweet (1944), which tended to avoid some of the sleazier parts of the plot - but still concerns private eye Philip Marlowe's attempts to locate Velma, a former dancer at a seedy nightclub and the gi…
- 故事在美国旧金山,心脏科医生乔治从父亲继承到一家医院,并与患有气喘病的苏珊结婚了。由于妻子一直患病,夫妻间关系疏远,而乔治也在外头与女摄影师珍偷情。一日,他的妻子苏珊离奇死亡,乔治深感罪恶与后悔之后,他便与珍分手了。但更多离奇的事情接二连三的发生,有人致电乔治告诉他有一位脱衣舞娘莫妮卡长得与其亡妻极为相似,而不久乔治被…
- 罗马皇帝马可·奥利乌斯年老多病,为了国家的继续繁荣,准备将皇位传给他的将军里维斯。奥利乌斯的儿子康莫德知道此事后,设计毒杀了老皇帝,从而登基。康莫德统治后,开始对帝国各地横征暴敛,大肆屠杀,里维斯表示不满,被发配北方边疆。康莫德的暴政,终于引发了整个帝国的动乱,繁荣的罗马从此走向衰亡……