《玛丽·塞利斯特的秘密》拥有很强的悬念性，画面真实自然，人物形象刻画入微。贯穿整部影片的悬念到最后才得以解开。导演以细致的人物心理刻画，使得这部经典影片即便在当今看来，也绝对让人匪夷所思！

Two former WWI aces from opposite sides, Bill Ramsey and Otto Shumann, in the best tradition of Eddie Rickenbacker and the Red Baron, barnstorm their way across the Poverty Row skies of middle-America while competing for daredevil honors and the favors of the lovely Eve.

It's just after the Civil War in Kansas and Joan Randall and her troops are continuing the struggle. Jeff Conners is sent to bring her in and when he does she is found guilt and sentenced to hang. Earlier Jeff learned that her assistant Colonel Jedcott is the real culprit and rides to the Governor for a pardon only to be waylaid by Jedcott on the return trip.