Dr Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen, he discovers they're to be used in an assassination attempt. Now he is in a race to discover who is the target, and where the dolphins are, before the attempt is carried out

作曲家以及音乐学院教授约翰•罗素（George C. Scott 饰）和妻子女儿共度假期，然而突如其来的车祸夺去妻女的性命。孤独悲伤的约翰离开纽约，来到西雅图一所大学任教。他在当地找到一栋已经空闲12年之久的旧房子，虽然破旧，但清静的环境正是和约翰的音乐创作。
但搬入后他却发现，每当早晨6点左右房子内就会传出奇怪的声音，不久后约翰更惊恐地意识到，房子里竟然还住着一个儿童的鬼魂。在鬼魂的示意下，约翰开始有意识的探究这栋房子背后所隐藏的秘密……

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

《神探可伦坡》（Columbo）是一个有名的经典美国电视电影，由彼得·福克（Peter Falk）主演。自1968年~2003年期间，共69集。本片叙述一名总是穿着一件皱巴巴的棕色风衣，顶着一头乱发，嘴里叼雪茄，开着一辆老爷车的洛杉矶重案组的刑警主角法兰克·可伦坡（Frank Columbo）。看似不修边幅的他，总是以敏锐的推理能力侦破各种案件，并让犯人无从抵赖。
本片每集独立成篇，一大特点是每集中客串演出犯人角色的全为名演员与名人。另一特点是剧情采用固定的倒叙推理形式;先描述犯人作案的情形，而后描写可伦坡从与嫌疑犯的交谈及证据中确定其嫌疑，逼得犯人不得不自白。犯人原以为天衣无缝的杀人计划，都逃不过他的锐眼。他的一句名言是：‘世上没有完美犯罪’。
倒叙推理，着重如howcatchem（如何抓住犯人），而不是常见的whodunit（谁是凶手）、howdunit（手法）或whydunit（动机）。因此在日本若出现倒叙推理的作品，往往会被叫成‘神探可伦坡或古畑任三郎风格’。日本著名编剧 三谷幸喜 从小就可伦坡迷，长大后更是创作了’日本版神探可伦坡’－《古畑任三郎》。

A husband, wife and their son are stranded on a remote island with no way off; as the son grows older, sexual tensions emerge.

一位来自芝加哥的前暴徒逃亡司机已经退休，在葡萄牙的一个渔村过着平静的生活。他被要求完成最后一项工作——开车送一个危险的骗子和他的女朋友去法国。

Unsuccessfully trying to close old family wounds on a trip back to the Rhode Island home of her miserable childhood, a troubled young woman finds her new friendship with a neighbor has her stuck in another family drama.