Lise, a mentally unbalanced middle-aged woman, travels from her home in Hamburg, Germany to Rome, Italy where she embarks on a fatal destiny that she had helped to arrange for herself – a premeditated search for someone, anyone, with whom she could form a dangerous liaison. Lise meets a variety of people during her journey and stay in Rome who include Bill, a lecherous British businessman that she meets on the plane to Rome who tries to seduce her; Carlo, a young man whom Lise tries to know more about; an elderly Englishwoman named Mrs. Fiedke whom Lise bonds with to go shopping; and Pierre, a Frenchman who picks up Lise hoping to seduce her as well.
The film is told in a non-linear narrative as throughout the film are scenes of the local Rome police interviewing all the people that Lise interacted with as well as investigating the reasons for her strange behavior that led up to her own murder.

　　历史上最受争议的短篇电视连续剧之一，当导演佛朗哥.泽菲雷里公开宣布他在本片中是把耶稣当作一般人、而不是宗教偶像来描写时，电视剧遭到了有关方面的仔细检查并引起争议。宗教激进分子们甚至在电视剧于1977年4月3日在电视台首播之前就开始表示强烈的抗议，尽管很多赞助商表示不 再支持这部电视剧，但NBC还是决定如期播放它，结果取得了出人意料的效果，使得本片成为有史以来最成功的电视剧之一

　　此片讲述二次大战期间，在英军驻北非的军营里，一名残暴的指挥官为维持个人自尊而故意用非人的刑罚来惩戒违犯军规者，终于使一位不甘被其虐待的军人挺身而出与之对抗。导演悉尼．卢曼特以火爆性十足的手法来处理这个 “人与制度对抗"的故事，压力逼人而来，肖恩．康纳利在此演出了他的最高水准，是悉尼．卢曼特的名作之一。但本片拍得相当乾涩，娱乐性亦不算太强。

记者尼克穆伦与维南贝礼斯接获匿名者提供的政治丑闻内幕，指称议员丹尼斯马克韩是与苏联秘密警察有所接触的间谍。虽然此指控的证据有限，迪斯派日报为求独家仍事先向大众报导此事件，引发马克韩辞去议员一职。当尼克专研马克韩事件之际，维南却有不同的看法。在维南突然死亡后，尼克才发现整个事件涉及层面更深，而维南是因为知道太多而导致杀生之祸。更具影响力的人士想要掩盖事实。

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

冷战时，全球两大特工组织——俄罗斯“中心”与英国“圆场”明争暗斗。总管发现情报局内部潜伏着一名克格勃，怀疑对象就是包括总管助理乔治在内的几名情报局核心成员：锅匠，裁缝，士兵，穷人，乞丐。老总为查清事情策划了一次跨国间谍活动，结果惨遭失败，不久就在内部权力倾轧中失利引退。同时，也连累一批情报官员被清洗出局，其中也包括被提前退休的乔治。乔治本来有重大嫌疑，英国内阁办公室谍报总监排除了嫌疑，委托他调查内奸。于是乔治开始分别走访故人。一时间，圆场疑云密布，人人自危，究竟谁才是“地鼠”……

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is consulted by one of his literary heroes when Peverell Press staff fall victim to a rash of hate mail. When the body of an editor is discovered and another member of the venerable firm is found dead soon after, Dalgliesh and his team—Detective Inspectors Kate Miskin and Daniel Aron—turn to the past to track down a murderer who seems prepared to kill and kill again.