The Moliere players are in their dressing room, getting ready to go on set. One actor mentions to another that his face reminds him of an opportunist turncoat he knew when he was in the Resistance. He then relates the adventure that he had in the Resistance, running an illegal radio station and dodging the Nazis.</p>...
1937年的洛山矶唐人街,警员杰克(杰克•尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰)因不满这里的黑暗,辞职当起了私家侦探。这天,一个自称莫拉雷太太的女子请杰克调查丈夫的外遇,杰克欣然接受。杰克发现莫拉雷原来是当地水利总工程师,正在为兴建水坝问题和当地农民争执。随后有人给 了杰克一些证明莫拉雷偷情的照片,隔天早上真正的莫拉雷太太却找上门来要求杰克停止调查莫拉雷。...