Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred.

一个爵士乐手爱上了一个昏迷的女子，他把她带到了自己的家里，希望能够好好的探究一下她…… 这是库布里克导演的一部现代版的《睡美人》。