1922年，23岁的希区柯克执导他的首部电影《13号》，宣告了一代悬念大师的银幕初登场。曾执导过多部电影史纪录片的英国导演马克·卡曾斯以《13号》百年庆为契机，推出了这部致敬希区柯克的论文电影。影片出人意料地从希区柯克的角度出发，以口述方式（由著名影星阿利斯泰尔·麦高恩配音）、模拟了一出“希区柯克带你看希区柯克电影”的戏码。通过这个虚拟的主观视点，向影迷介绍希区柯克数量庞大的经典作品中的共通点、以及隐藏在趣味和高能背后的视听技巧，亦展现了卡曾斯本人的博学和洞察力。

After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich husbands. With the aid of their aunt Susan, the sisters take the last of their money and head to a well-known Miami resort where they soon meet two wealthy young men, Phil and Jeff, who begin a fierce rivalry for Kay, not realizing that Barbara has fallen in love with one of them.