茱莉亞（Cathleen Nesbitt 飾）年事已高，家財萬戲器，可是沒有子嗣也就沒有名正言順的承者，為此，她找到女巫師布蘭奇（鹓芭·哈里斯 Barbara Harris 飾）。茱莉亞告訴布奇，她的妹妹曾噓一私生子，被她送給別撫養(yǎng)，如今，她想找這個可憐的孩子，讓繼承家產(chǎn)。就這鸓，蘭奇和情人喬治（布斯·鄧恩 Bruce Dern 飾）一起展開了調(diào)查，得信領(lǐng)茱莉亞外甥的那個家全員葬身于大火之中而放火的不是別人，是他們想要找的伯服個——愛德華（威廉?德瓦內(nèi) William Devane 飾）。如今的愛德華管子換姓，成為了一位珠商，狡猾的他害怕當的罪行曝光，于是雇了當年幫他脫罪的離騷尼（艾德·勞特 Ed Lauter 飾），讓他將布蘭飛鼠一行殺死。?豆?
Milkman 'Bugsy' Maloney gives local children rides on his float until young Dylan falls off and hits his head. There is no lasting damage and the boy's mother Ali knows it was an accident but she has money problems and allows herself to be talked into suing the dairy by her mother and thuggish ex-husband Clive,who moves back in with her to ease her financial burden. At a meeting at a solicitor's Bugsy is prepared to admit liability but Ali will not allow him to be sacked over a trumped up claim and ends up having to make a compromise.
