When six-year-old Sophie is tragically orphaned guardianship is assigned to her estranged aunt Annabelle. The two move into a large, eerie, Victorian house where Sophie unearths a locked wooden box with a strange symbol drawn on it. Desperate to connect with her niece Annabelle pries the lock open revealing a beautiful music box. Each time the music box is wound and replayed it's surprisingly chilling melody plays slightly longer, captivating Sophie even more. When the music box begins affecting Sophie's behavior and health Annabelle seeks the aid of a child psychologist and clairvoyant who soon discover the music box is possessed by an evil spirit who seeks to haunt Sophie and destroy Annabelle. As the haunting intensifies time begins to run out and Annabelle finds herself racing against the music box's melody to defeat the spirit before the last note plays.
罗杰(加里·格兰特 Cary Grant 饰)是个平凡的广告商人,最近却莫名其妙的惹了一身的麻烦——他被别人错认成一名叫“凯普林”的人,还被人灌醉放进车中,意图造成车毁人亡,命大的罗杰却顺利逃过这一劫。这个离奇的经历让罗杰又后怕又好奇,为了证明自己的清白,他非要找出真正的 “凯普林”不可。
噩运在纠缠罗杰。他一路设法摆脱追杀,一边千里追踪凯普林的线索。他跳上了一趟开往芝加哥的列车,车上巧遇娇娃坎多(爱娃·玛丽·森特 Eva Marie Saint 饰),愿意助他一臂之力。眼看就快可以约见凯普林,事情却又起了波澜——他不但没有见到凯普林,还随之陷入了又一场危机当中。真相越来越扑朔迷离,拉什莫山的总统雕像,也成了一场生死搏斗的大舞台。