一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡,在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆,其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀……Roger directed for two days on a set left over from a previous production, and without a proper script. He hired Francis Coppola to write a script and finish the picture. After five weeks of shooting, Roger fired Francis, and hired me to finish the picture. Jack Hill was hired to write a new script with me. A lot of what Francis shot was thrown out, except for the stuff with the witch from WIZARD OF OZ. (Dorothy Newman), and I finished the picture in five days of shooting. All of the interiors are Roger's (with the exception of Francis's witch's lair), and most of the exteriors are mine. To the best of my recollection, and contrary to legend, Jack Nicholson did not direct any of the film.
本片采用了事件重现的方法再现了1976年美国得克萨斯州达拉斯市一起枪杀警察案。导演埃罗尔?莫里斯(Errol Morris)11年后采访了被判死刑、后转终身监禁的犯罪嫌疑人兰道?亚当姆斯(Randall Adams)、指证亚当姆斯的惯犯大卫?哈里斯(David Harris)、当年案件审判的三位证人米勒夫妇和麦克?兰道(Michael Randall),以及参与此案侦破与审判的警察、法官与律师们。通过不同人物对案件发生情形不同角度的描述,莫里斯成功证实了亚当姆斯的冤屈,并借片中一位公诉员之口点名警察是区分一个民主社会与极权的“细蓝线”。此片的公映在美国引起极大反响。德克萨斯罪犯申诉庭推翻了对亚当姆斯的判决。由于达拉斯拒绝对此案进行重审,亚当姆斯终于1989年被无罪释放,后成为积极反对死刑的社会活动家。本片也成为美国纪录片史上极为重要的一部,赢得国际纪录片协会大奖、美国国家影评人协会奖,并入选美国国家电影保护局保护名单。