A man (Young) comes round after a car accident, and realises that a perfect crime is now possible: any movie with this scene can__APOS__t fail. From this halfway point, the anxious mood of this rare noir thriller thickens fast. Jane Greer and Susan Hayward in turn tempt Young (a spineless louse) from his rich wife (Johnson). We know he__APOS__s wretched, but is he guilty of murder?

　　Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) is a family man, living in California, who can__APOS__t seem to get by financially. He meets up with a small-time, but charismatic, hood Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges). Soon, Slocum convinces Tyler to participate in gas station robberies to get by. Later, they kidnap a wealthy man in hopes of getting a huge ransom. Things go wrong when the man is murdered by Slocum then thrown in a lake. Tyler reaches his limit emotionally, and he begins drinking heavily. He meets a lonely woman and confesses the crime while drunk. The woman flees and goes to the police.
　　When the two kidnappers are arrested, a local journalist (Richard Carlson) writes a series of hate-filled articles about the two prisoners which eventually lead to a brutal lynching.
　　The despair of the lower middle-class: A family man ashamed of being unemployed allows himself to be convinced by a gangster to take part in a kidnapping. The police arrests them both and the anger of the small town’s population is unforgiving. THE SOUND OF FURY is a dark crime movie that builds up to an apocalyptic storm, but never loses sight of social realities, thus telling a lot about the daily despair of the working-class. A masterpiece, it was Cy Endfield’s last film before he felt compelled to move to Britain.

　　玛丽(贝蒂·戴维斯)在匪徒约翰尼的俱乐部帮忙经营生意，而她的一个“客户”被杀害，警察大卫(亨弗莱·鲍嘉)希望玛丽帮助警方破案，但她并没有合作，最后约翰尼被无罪释放。当玛丽的妹妹贝蒂被约翰尼手下的一个暴徒杀害后，她决定说出真相......

　　Two detectives are investigating a robbery in which $300,000 was taken. Their investigation leads them to the main player and they find the cash, but one of them has meanwhile fallen hard for a woman with expensive tastes, and though he desperately wants to keep her, he knows that a cop__APOS__s salary isn__APOS__t going to be enough for her.

　　On a rainy night in 1928 in a Pennsylvania factory town called Iverstown, Martha Ivers (Janis Wilson), thirteen years old, is trying to escape from the guardianship of her wealthy, domineering aunt. Her friend, the street-smart, poor Sam Masterson (Darryl Hickman), comes for her through her bedroom window, but Martha__APOS__s aunt catches them. While Sam slips out unnoticed, Martha hits Mrs. Ivers on the head, causing her to fall down the long staircase and die. Though Sam saw nothing, the event was witnessed by Walter O__APOS__Neil (Mickey Kuhn), the son of Martha__APOS__s tutor (Roman Bohnen), known as Mr. O__APOS__Neil. Martha lies about the incident to Mr. O__APOS__Neil, and Walter supports her.[5]
　　Mr. O__APOS__Neil suspects what happened but presents Martha__APOS__s version of events to the police, that an intruder is responsible; he makes use of his knowledge by having her marry his son. When the police identify a former employee of the aunt as the murderer, the two O__APOS__Neils and Martha help convict him; he is punished by hanging.[5]
　　Eighteen years later, the older O__APOS__Neil has died. Walter (now played by Kirk Douglas) is the district attorney, while Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) has used her inheritance from her aunt to build a large business empire. Their marriage is one-sided; he loves her, but she does not love him.
　　Sam (Van Heflin), now a drifter and gambler, stops in the small town by chance to have his car repaired after an accident. While waiting for repairs, at his old home, now a boarding house, he meets Antonia __QUOTE__Toni__QUOTE__ Marachek (Lizabeth Scott), who has just been released from jail. She is later picked up for violating her probation by not returning to her hometown. Sam goes to see Walter, to see if he can use his influence to get her released.
　　Walter is convinced Sam has returned with blackmail in mind, giving Walter a motive to run Sam out of town. When Martha reacts with joy to the news of Sam__APOS__s return, Walter__APOS__s jealousy provides an additional motive. Walter forces Toni to set Sam up. Sam is beaten and driven out of town, but he is too tough to be intimidated. When all else fails, Walter makes a half-hearted attempt to kill Sam himself, but is easily disarmed. Martha then inadvertently blurts out the couple__APOS__s fears of blackmail, which prove to be groundless: Sam says he did not witness the death. Martha breaks down and laments that he left without her all those years ago, taking with him her only chance for love and freedom.
　　Sam is torn between his old love and his new. Although he eventually forgives Toni for betraying him, he and Martha spend an idyllic day together, rekindling his feelings for her.
　　Walter arranges to meet Sam to finally settle matters. Before Sam arrives, Walter gets drunk and Martha finds out about the meeting. When Walter falls down the stairs and is knocked unconscious, Martha urges Sam to kill him. Sam instead brings Walter around. Martha pulls out a gun and threatens to shoot Sam in __QUOTE__self defense__QUOTE__ as an intruder. However, Sam gambles that Walter will not back up her story; he turns his back on her and leaves.
　　Walter embraces and kisses his wife; then he points the gun at her midriff. Oddly relieved, she puts her hand over his hand on the trigger and presses. As she is dying, she defiantly states her name is not Martha Ivers, but Martha Smith. Outside, Sam hears the shot. He runs back toward the mansion, but sees Walter, holding Martha__APOS__s body, shoot himself. Sam and Toni drive away together.

　　二战后，美国作家马丁（约瑟夫•科顿 Joseph Cotten 饰）应好友哈里（奥逊•威尔斯 Orson Welles 饰）邀请到维也纳工作，岂料刚到达目的地就传来了哈里车祸身亡的消息。哈里葬礼上，马丁遇到了当地军官卡洛维，卡洛维很不客气的请他马上离开维也纳。马丁没有理会，决心留下调查出好友死亡的真相。
　　马丁找到哈里的女友斯科姆特小姐（阿莉达•瓦莉 Alida Valli 饰）一起调查事件的真相。随着调查的深入，他们发现内幕越加扑朔迷离，首先是他们的房东遇害，接着马丁自己发现被人跟踪，而且他查出哈里死的时候还有个第三人在场。于是，一切关键就在于找出这个神秘的第三人。

　　曾在西班牙杀过人的水手Michael O__APOS__Hara（奥逊·威尔斯 Orson Welles 饰）回到了纽约，一天夜里他在路上救了遭到打劫的美女Elsa（丽塔·海华斯 Rita Hayworth 饰），于是Elsa让她的丈夫，律师Arthur Bannister（埃弗雷特·斯隆 Everett Sloane 饰）找到Michael，让他来船上当水手。Bannister一家刚从上海回到纽约，正要坐船前往旧金山。在海上航行的时候，Michael和Elsa情愫暗生。而Michael也认识了Arthur的朋友George Grisby（Glenn Anders 饰）。George知道Michael曾经杀过人后，想让Michael再杀一个人，并承诺给他五千美元的佣金，而他想让Michael杀的人，就是George自己。原来George想制造自己已经死了的假象，然后从现在的生活和他的妻子身边逃走。两人的计划看起来天衣无缝，George却失手杀死了Arthur的管家，随后George也真的被杀。Michael被认为是两个死者的凶手，法庭上，为Michael辩论的却是他的情敌Arthur，到底谁才是杀死George的真正凶手？

　　Bill Saunders, disturbed ex-soldier, kills a man in a postwar London pub brawl. Fleeing, he hides out in the apartment of lonely nurse Jane Wharton. Later, despite misgivings about his violent nature, Jane becomes involved with Bill, who resolves to reform. She gets him a job driving a medical supplies truck. But racketeer Harry Carter, who witnessed the killing, wants to use Bill__APOS__s talents for crime.

　　A terrified wife tries to escape from her insanely jealous husband who is bent on killing her.

　　出身于克利夫兰的杀手弗兰克（Allen Baron 饰）在圣诞前夕接到了一份新的工作，他再次孤身一人回到曾经熟悉的城市，这次的目标是二流企业的老板。弗兰克每日跟踪对方，寻找下手机会并托付别人准备手枪。沉默寡言的弗兰克拒绝与别人沟通，在饭店偶遇的熟人让他只想逃避，但旧日相识劳拉的出现点燃了他仅存的一点热情，不过弗兰克却无法让对方接受自己。联系人迟迟没能提供手枪让弗兰克一怒之下杀了他。惊慌失措的弗兰克致电雇主，试图终止合作，电话另一头却大为光火，将弗兰克推上了不归路……
　　这部电影始终贯穿画外音解说，是导演、编剧兼主演Allen Baron的新尝试。

　　Danny Haley__APOS__s bookie operation is shut down, so he and his pals need money; when Danny meets Arthur Winant, a sucker from out of town, he decoys him into a series of poker games where eventually Winant loses $5000 that isn__APOS__t his...then hangs himself. But it seems Winant had a shadowy, protective elder brother who believes in personal revenge. And each of the card players in turn feels a faceless doom inexorably closing in. Dark streets and sexy torch-singer Fran lend ambience.

　　一部描写盗匪的影片。汉弗莱博加特饰演一名刚服刑完满的犯人,遇上昔日拍挡, 此人由于身染重病,想在临终前联同他再做一次大买卖…

　　故事发生在印地安娜州的伯里斯郊，唐（弗雷德里克·马奇 Fredric March 饰）和妻子艾琳娜（玛莎·斯考特 Martha Scott 饰）幸福的生活在这里，共同抚养着女儿辛迪（玛丽·墨菲 Mary Murphy 饰）和儿子拉斐尔（理查德·艾尔 Richard Eyer 饰）。一天，当艾琳娜送丈夫和孩子出门之后，以格林（亨弗莱·鲍嘉 Humphrey Bogart 饰）和他弟弟霍尔（杜威·马丁 Dewey Martin 饰）为首的一帮越狱犯闯进了家中。
　　之后，格林又如同请君入瓮一般的控制了家中的另外三人，他们的要求很简单，就是等待格林的情妇来给他们送钱。实际上，警方已经在追捕这批逃犯了，但他们并不知道这些犯罪分子们其实近在眼前。

　　马洛（迪克·鲍威尔 Dick Powell 饰）是一名独来独往的私家侦探，某日，马里特（Douglas Walton 饰）找到了马洛聘他当自己的保镖，结果马洛却莫名其妙的挨了一顿打。之后，一个叫安（安妮·雪莉 Anne Shirley 饰）的女孩现身，她告诉马洛，他所遭遇的一切和她的继母格雷尔夫人及其所拥有的翡翠有着千丝万缕的关联。对翡翠深感好奇的马洛决定将这一连串的事件调查个水落石出。
　　在安的协助下，马洛对事件的全貌渐渐的有了了解，而隐藏在背后的，是安的父亲（迈尔斯·曼德 Miles Mander 饰）。不仅如此，不久之前，马洛受雇寻找一个名叫维尔马的女子的下落，这名女子竟然也被牵连进了翡翠的案件之中。

　　U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters.

　　在诡异气息弥漫的泰国曼谷，塔拉的一天伴随着广播里的预言开始：她重要的人将在今天让她失望。在这样普通的一天里，她的男友尼基尔依然是那么敷衍和不耐烦，而她依然以足够的耐心包容着这一切...
　　一列僧侣在暑气蒸腾的街道经过，先知般的出租车司机如宿命本身一般降临，平静地对尼基尔说出了诅咒一 般的预言...二人充满遗憾的爱情生活是否会在这一天迎来转机？那不祥的话语是否会成真？

　　Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John__APOS__s wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
　　Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
　　Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy__APOS__s honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde__APOS__s paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy__APOS__s delight, Clyde__APOS__s painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy__APOS__s purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
　　As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises__APOS__ little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy__APOS__s subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy__APOS__s mother soon finds the locket in Karen__APOS__s dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to __QUOTE__confess.__QUOTE__
　　The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners__APOS__. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner__APOS__s arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner__APOS__s bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner__APOS__s diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
　　Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair__APOS__s office window to his death.
　　To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair__APOS__s health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham__APOS__s manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham__APOS__s valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
　　Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John__APOS__s study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
　　Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy__APOS__s future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair__APOS__s story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.

　　Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he__APOS__s driving. After meeting seductive Paula at the La Paloma Cafe, he finds himself in trouble with the law. On the basis of a few burning glances, Paula pays his fine and finds him a room, but her motives are not what they seem. Mike lucks into a job with miner Jeff Cunningham, but against his will he__APOS__s drawn ever deeper into Paula__APOS__s schemes

　　老实勤恳的克劳斯（爱德华·罗宾逊 Edward G. Robinson 饰）是一名出纳，平日里，他最大的爱好就是画画，然而，克劳斯从来就没有想过靠出售自己的作品赚钱。某日，克劳斯遇见了名叫凯蒂（琼·贝内特 Joan Bennett 饰）的女子，虚荣心的驱使之下，他向凯蒂谎称自己是一名画家。
　　凯蒂有一个交往多年的男友强尼（丹·德亚 Dan Duryea 饰），对于强尼来说，凯蒂不过只是他谋取利益的工具罢了，而克劳斯则成为了凯蒂的摇钱树。一直对克劳斯的身份有所怀疑的强尼拿着克劳斯的画去卖，没想到居然得到了美术评论家的一致认可，凯蒂更是声称自己就是这些画的作者。克劳斯向凯蒂求婚，却遭到了后者的无情嘲笑，一怒之下，克劳斯起了杀念。

　　萨姆·斯佩德（亨弗莱·鲍嘉 Humphrey Bogart 饰）和搭档阿切尔在旧金山市开了一家侦探事务所。一天，一位贵妇（玛丽·阿斯特 Mary Astor 饰）登门拜访，委托他们寻找自己失踪的妹妹。他们立刻展开调查，发现这名贵妇的妹妹与一位叫做瑟斯的神秘男子在一起。本 来以为这只是一件普通的失踪案，但是事情的发展出乎他们所料。阿切尔在调查案件时被杀害，传说的瑟斯也相继被杀，警方由此怀疑起萨姆与阿切尔的妻子有染而杀掉他的合伙人。深陷泥潭的萨姆依然继续调查案情，他查出贵妇曾与古特曼等流氓倒卖过古玩，之后，古特曼又拜托萨姆帮忙寻找一尊雕像——被称作“马耳他之鹰”的无价之宝。萨姆开始研究起这尊神秘的雕像，结果发现真相就藏在其中。
　　本片获得第14届奥斯卡最佳影片、最佳男配角、最佳剧本提名奖。