简介：Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's husband holds no excitement for her, and he is always away in Paris on business. Pierre is now the vice-mayor, thanks to Paul. Lucienne and Pierre have a secret meeting spot by a lake along a country lane. Pierre's wife dies suddenly, by suicide the town gossips believe. Pierre confesses otherwise to Lucienne. Paul proposes a shady land deal which will benefit the town, and wants Pierre's political support and collusion. Then Paul discovers proof of his wife's affair...
简介：货车司机雅克（让·迦本 Jean Gabin 饰）出生在一个有着酗酒历史的家族之中，他一直十分的自卑，觉得自己继承了家族劣质的基因。某日，在火车上发生了一起谋杀案，雅克是唯一的目击者，他在现场看到了同事的妻子萨维丽娜（西蒙妮·西蒙 Simone Simon 饰），但是出于私心，雅克并没有将这件事情告诉警察。 这件事情让雅克和萨维丽娜一家人成为了好朋友，随着交往的深入，雅克渐渐爱上了萨维丽娜。为了能够和心爱的女人在一起，雅克怂恿萨维丽娜杀死她的丈夫，然而在最后时刻，萨维丽娜收手了。萨维丽娜的丈夫虽然震惊于妻子的所作所为，却依然无法摆脱对她的感情。