音乐厅中传来枪声，观众们一片惊慌。一位外国女子（露西•曼娜海姆饰）询问理查德•汉内（罗伯特•多纳特饰）是否可以在他家中过夜。次日该女子在被杀之前告诉理查德必须阻止间谍组织“三十九级台阶”将国家机密偷偷送出英国。汉内为了证明自己并不是杀人凶手无奈前往苏格兰高地寻找线索，在火车上他寻求一位叫做帕梅拉（玛德琳•卡罗尔饰）的金发年轻女子帮助，但她却马上向警察告发了他。他找到了“三十九级台阶”的领导人乔丹教授，但随即被陷害入狱。侥幸逃脱后又由于帕梅拉的告发被两位伪装成便衣警察的人带走，并且他们还把帕梅拉和他铐在了一起。于是两人携手逃脱了出来并取得了互相的信任，然后他们再次回到音乐厅，汉内看到了上次就见过的表演。他向号称可以回答任何问题的“记忆先生”（怀特•沃森饰）提问：“什么是三十九级台阶“，于是…… 希区柯克曾说“记忆先生“是他最喜欢的角色之一，这个角色建立在一个名叫达塔斯的真人基础上，他自己小时候在伦敦看过他的表演。

乡绅沃辛（Michael Redgrave 饰）来到伦敦城内拜访阿尔及（Michael Denison 饰），而实际目的是后者的表妹格温多兰，为了便于探望格温多兰，沃辛虚构了一位伦敦的不肖昆仲欧内斯特。阿尔及对沃辛在乡下监护的姑娘西西莉情有独钟，于是出面帮助沃辛向格温多兰求婚，尽管欧内斯特（真诚）这个假名对姑娘有莫名的吸引力，但沃辛的弃儿出身让未来岳母一口回绝。阿尔及在沃辛之前赶到他乡下的住处，装作欧内斯特如愿结识了西西莉，未几沃辛与格温多兰母女先后抵达，虚拟人物“欧内斯特先生”的骗局终被揭穿，两位男士一时手足无措，但突然浮出水面的一段陈年往事，让两对恋人的前途峰回路转。 本片根据王尔德同名作品改编。

Marple is extremely proud when she is appointed to the board of trustees of a merchant marine training vessel whose mission is to rehabilitate young criminals. As in all of her endeavors, Miss Marple intends to take an active role in the job and even shows up to the board meeting dressed in naval blues. When a fellow trustee is poisoned just prior to his making some kind of revelation, Miss Marple decides to use her position to spend time on the ship. This upsets the vessel's fragile social network as she dispossesses blustering Captain Rhumstone from his quarters. When two ship's officers are later found murdered also, Miss Marple enlists help from her friend Jim Stringer and Inspector Craddock to expose the murderer.

Although the evidence appears to be overwhelming in the strangulation murder of a blackmailer, Miss Marple's sole 'not guilty' vote han gs the jury 11-1. She becomes convinced that the real murderer is a member of a local theatrical troupe, so she joins them in order to gather information. The clues lead back many years to a single disastrously unsuccessful 1951 performance of a dreadful play written by the group's hammy director, H. Driffold Cosgood. Although at that time, several of the current cast members were only children, more murders follow before Miss Marple ultimately exposes the killer. 英国影片。片长90分，根據Mrs. McGinty's Dead改編，原著是波羅故事。因影片将主角变为马普尔小姐和剧情的更改引起原小說作者克里斯蒂强烈不满，影片本身也遭遇票房和评论惨败。主演Margaret Rutherford还出演過另外3部以马普尔小姐为主角的电影，其中1部亦是根据波洛故事改编(「葬礼之后」)，另1部是原创剧本。80年代在多部电视剧中扮演塔彭丝的Francesca Annis也在本片中扮演一个小角色。

Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them ?

本片被很多人认为是莎士比亚戏剧改编中成就最高的一部，由莎士比亚的五部戏剧浓缩而成。讲述英国国王亨利四世即位后，全国叛乱不止，形势动荡，王子却熟视无睹，与其密友胖武士弗斯塔夫终日豪饮作乐。弗斯塔夫是喜欢吹牛而无所不为之辈，他向亨利四世进谗言说王子平叛不力，把所有功劳归于自 己。后来亨利四世驾崩，王子继位为亨利五世，弗斯塔夫以为自己能加官封爵，岂料被昔日旧友一脚踢开。原来亨利五世力图振作，那段放荡日子从此不复返，弗斯塔夫只得郁郁而终。导演用自己的方式重新诠释了这个小丑故事，但对他持同情态度，因为导演指出弗斯塔夫的行径正是他对抗日益改变的世界的护身符，从他与王子之间的友谊变化，影射出这个世界早已今非昔比，往日的骑士精神也因为强权政治的诡诈绝情而荡然无存。

Based on the Stephen Potter "One Upmanship" and "Lifemanship" books, Henry Palfrey tries hard to impress but always loses out to the rotter Delauney. Then he discovers the Lifeman college run by "Professor" Potter and discovers the secrets of success. But has he the courage to put all his lessons into effect ?