乔安（温蒂·希勒 Wendy Hiller 饰）是罕有的那种很是有自立的女人，她晓得本人的需求，亦晓得为了满足本人的需求，她必要支出怎么的代价。某日，她登上了前往苏格兰的邮轮，她要往见她的未婚夫——一个身无分文可是岁数足以做她的父亲的汉子。固然乔安对这个汉子并没有感情，但她知道，一旦嫁进朱门，便是为本人往后的光辉人生展好了基石。　　…

本片介绍了怀恩肯迪将军坎坷但光荣的生平，即便在残暴的战争中他也从没摒弃过肃肃和名流风姿。南非战争回来的肯迪来到了德国，在那边他碰到了一个在当地做家庭教师的英国女孩亨特蜜斯，两人因为事情的关系走在了一起，并在人前出双进对，但有一天曾与肯迪因为亨特而决战过的德国军官再次向他应战，四十年后他们还谈及此事……残暴的战争扭曲了不…

Several young girls were killed. Policeman Matthaei travels to the region where it happened and searches a child that looks similar to the ones that were murdered. He finds one and stays with her and her mother, not telling them that he is waiting for the killer to start his bloody work one more time ...