Only one reel of this two-reel film is known to survive.
Arguably the first film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (along with Number 13) after several years as a title designer.
Alfred Hitchcock was originally hired as assistant director, but when the producer got into an argument with the director and fired him, he promoted Hitchcock to full director.

The kooky Babs Fenton's imagination is a great asset when writing murder mysteries. But it does not foster peace and harmony in the home, especially not when she has an unimaginative corporate lawyer for a husband. Her overstimulated mind begins working on her new next-door neighbors, the Blanchards, when she realizes she's never seen Mrs. Blanchard. And Mr. Blanchard seems less than eager for her to pay a call. Has Mr. Blanchard, a high school teacher and former university professor, murdered his wife?

由悬疑大师希区柯克主持的系列电视《希区柯克剧场》的延续，以惊悚片和悬疑片为特色。

世界电影大师阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克自导的悬念故事集，每个小故事都或多或少包含了恐怖，悬疑，超自然等元素，每集开始都是由导演本人拉开序幕，等到故事完毕，又由导演本人闭幕总结。记得小时候曾经在电视里看过，每个故事都很精彩，看完之后令人拍案叫绝。

Mary Maloney is a devoted wife and an exceptional housekeeper. One day, her husband, the police chief, announces that he wants a divorce because he has met another woman. Mary is quite angry and kills him with a blow from a frozen leg of lamb. She calls the police and provides and alibi for herself with the story that she'd been out to the store when the murder took place. The investigating officer, Lieutenant Noonan, is further frustrated when he cannot to find the murder weapon. Knowing of the long and hard hours spent looking into the case, Mary invites Noonan and the other investigators for a bite to eat. They dig into Mary's leg of lamb and Noonan still thinking about the missing murder weapon says "For all we know, it might be right under our very noses."

Mr. Pelham consults a doctor about a series of troubling incidents. Recently a number of his acquaintances have claimed to have seen him in places where he could not have been. The doctor suggests that there must be another man with a strong resemblance to Pelham. But it soon becomes obvious that the other man is also deliberately impersonating him - even to the point of using Pelham's apartment as his own.

Carl and Elsa Spann have moved into a trailer park in California, after Elsa suffered a nervous breakdown. She is adjusting well to a more peaceful lifestyle, after her rigorous training as a ballerina. But then Carl comes home from work to find Elsa shocked and traumatized after a man assaulted her in the trailer. The police investigate, but find little to go on. Carl becomes increasingly angry about what has happened, and he is determined to kill the man responsible, if he can find him.

在一出谋杀案的审判中，一名陪审员给嫌疑人投了有罪的票，但之后他又重新思考了一番，然后在执行死刑之前独自调查案件的真相。

Mr. Callew, a demanding businessman, is resting by the beach when he receives a telephone call from a recently discharged employee. The man is in tears, but the unyielding Callew shows no sympathy, and hangs up on him. Later, when Callew starts to drive home, his car runs off the road at a construction site. When he comes to, Callew is paralyzed. Several persons come by, but he is unable to communicate with them, so they think he is dead. Fully aware of his predicament, he becomes increasingly terrified.

埃德加（约翰·吉尔古德 John Gielgud 饰）是一名小说家，在机缘巧合之下，他参与了政治工作，成为了一名情报工作人员。第一次世界大战爆发了，他和妻子艾尔莎（玛德琳·卡洛 Madeleine Carroll 饰）来到了瑞士，同行的还有一位绰号“将军”（彼得·洛 Peter Lorre
饰）的神秘杀手。
三人来到瑞士的目的只有一个，那就是追踪寻找一名德国间谍，然而，这位间谍先生姓甚名谁，样貌又是如何，三人却一无所知。敌人在暗处，埃德加在明处，只要有一丝疏忽和闪失，都有可能危及性命。每一个人似乎都有着双重身份，每一句话似乎都有着话外之音，最终，埃德加能够顺利找到间谍，成功完成任务吗？

1922 film by Alfred Hitchcock

小约翰・施特劳斯被父亲逼迫放弃音乐、去面包房工作，就是在这里爱上了蕾西。

Herbert is digging in his basement when his wife Hermione calls him upstairs to eat. She thinks he is making a wine cellar, but he is really planning to kill her and bury her in the basement. At lunch, Hermione goes over all the arrangements she has made for a business trip to California that they are about to take together. Several friends then come over to visit, and after they leave, Herbert looks for the opportunity to put his plan into practice.

In the midst of a heated quarrel, a man lifts up the fireplace poker in his hand and brings it down on his wife, who drops to the floor. She's dead. The man puts her body in the trunk of his car and drives off, hoping to find somewhere to dispose of it. If he thought his wife was a nag, she'll seem like sweetness and light compared to a motorcycle cop, who stops him and insists he fix his broken taillight.

二战时期，希区柯克为英国政府拍摄了两部法语短片，是用来鼓励法国抵抗运动士气的。影片通过闪回手法，讲述了一个苏格兰空军在法国抵抗组织成员帮助下越狱逃离法国的故事。40年代中期，希区柯克已经与好莱坞和英国等国家要求其拍摄一些宣传影片，以提高对法国著名电影人的士气。这两个电影一直秘而不宣，直到半个世纪后，英国政府解密。 有人说，战争结束后，法国政府反对将电影和其他人的是英国政府本身，阻止他们公开上映。

吉尔•切恩（卡梅丽塔•杰拉蒂饰）是来应征天堂花园剧院的舞蹈演员，她和歌舞女郎帕齐•布拉德（弗吉尼亚•瓦利饰）成为了好朋友。后者说服剧院经理（格奥尔格•施内尔饰）给吉尔一个机会，吉尔凭借自己的勇气和才华被录取了，并成为了一位年长的俄国王子（卡尔•法尔肯贝格）的女友。吉尔的未婚夫休•菲尔丁（约翰•斯图尔特饰）和朋友莱维特（迈尔斯•曼德饰）来到剧院，然后休去远东淘金。帕奇被莱维特迷住想和他结婚，但莱维特抛弃她去找休。帕奇虽然难过，但得知莱维特生病的消息还是马上跑去照顾他，发觉他和当地一个女孩（妮塔•纳尔逊饰）住在一起。莱维特将女孩赶走要求帕奇留下，但帕奇拒绝了莱维特的无理要求，她转而照顾也在当地生病的休•菲尔丁。莱维特淹死了当地女孩，在幻觉中以为看到了鬼魂，当他用剑攻击帕奇的时候，为他们治病的英国医生及时用枪打死了莱维特。帕奇和休一起回到了伦敦。

希区柯克首次自编自导作品，也是他唯一一部挂名编剧作品，以两个拳击手爱上同一个女孩为故事情节，展现了希区柯克对三角关系的迷恋。本片的片名既可指拳击场，也可指这三者纠缠不清的关系以及女主角的臂环。由于这是希区柯克投奔新公司之作，因此他使出浑身解数，把影片拍得生龙活虎，片尾那段长达7分钟的拳击比赛是影片的精华段落，希区柯克与摄影师约翰·考克斯研发了特殊的摄影技巧，让拳手出拳速度更快，场面显得更为激烈，成为希区柯克默片经典。

大学运动队长罗迪•贝维克（艾弗•诺维诺饰）因为勾引一名女招待并与他生下孩子而受到指责，但他拒绝说出真正的肇事者，他的好友蒂姆•韦克利（罗宾•欧文饰）。他因此被赶出了学校，并且因为不满父亲贝维克爵士（诺曼•麦金尼尔饰）怀疑他的清白而离家出走。他加入了一支歌舞剧团，爱上了一个贪慕虚荣的女演员茱莉亚（伊莎贝尔•琼斯），不久他继承了三万英镑的遗产。他买下豪宅并供养茱莉亚挥霍，茱莉亚却勾搭上了另外一个男演员阿奇（伊恩•亨特）。最终，罗迪失去了财产和茱莉亚。他一贫如洗，来到了巴黎当起陪舞，最终流落到马赛的廉价旅店。旅店老板收留他的原因是想把他送回家后另一笔酬金。罗迪发现自己身处货轮，那些被人伤害、欺骗的回忆一一在他眼中闪现，人生的这段下坡路不断刺激着他。最后几经漂泊终于回到了家中，等待他的是…… [希区柯克曾说其中一个镜头呈现“颠倒站立的诺维洛”是他所有电影中个非常喜爱的时刻之一。]

希区柯克首次尝试纯喜剧片，根据同名舞台剧改编，讲述农夫选妻，兜兜转转之后发现意中人却近在眼前的故事。此片改编的最大难度在于把台词甚多的剧本改成纯靠画面表达喜感的默片，希区柯克默默地从影片中段开始发力，将下午茶聚会段落处理成经典打闹喜剧，令观众捧腹不已。由于摄影师考克斯在拍摄中期生病，因此希区柯克还亲自掌机客串了一回摄影，而希区柯克也为了此片的宣传而给英国报纸写了一封公开信，这开启了希区柯克对他的影片进行自我宣传之路。