This is commonly known as Jean Renoir's first American film (1941), although Renoir scholar Alexander Sesonske has established that Renoir's creative role in the project was severely hampered by producer Darryl F. Zanuck and that he didn't regard much of the film as his own. (The ending, for instance, was written by Zanuck and directed by Irving Pichel.) Nevertheless, the film has certain beauties and pleasures. Part of it was shot in Georgia's Okefenokee swamp, and the treatment of the small community living ~Censored~ is often pungent and distinctive.
一个漆黑的夜晚,私人侦探迈克在高速公路上遇到一个女孩拦车。这个女孩只穿着一件军用大衣,他把她接上了车。不久,他的车子发生了意外,冲出了路边。他在昏迷之中,听到了那个女孩被折磨致死。在被扔下悬崖大命不死后,他决心自己追踪那些凶手,而不顾重重的威胁和贿赂。在这个过程,他找到了很多离奇的线索,还有一位奇怪的女孩,最终面对一个致命的秘密。