Whitney Cameronn (Cotten), a man with a strong affection for his sister-in-law (Peters). When one of her stepchildren dies, it's revealed that the child was poisoned to death. Whitney suspects his sister-in-law committed the murder and is afraid that her other son may be in danger. The film climaxes during an ocean voyage aboard a cruise ship.

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

剧情看似异想天开，其实也写出了一些精明的人趁机混水摸鱼。继《再见女郎》之后，擅长以喜剧方式讽刺大都市荒谬人际关系的导演赫伯特．罗斯再度推出此片，也是男主角迈克尔．Ｊ．福克斯《回到未来》后又一轰动之作。迈克尔．J．福克斯在片中饰演从肯萨斯州到纽约谋业的青年布雷特，只能在一家国际贸易集团充当送信小弟，但也因此近水楼台听到了不少公司的内幕。当一名高级主管职位出缺而没有补人时，布雷特干脆利用他的办公室擅自发号施令，成为隐身的主管，甚至引起老板娘对他垂涎。导演赫伯特．罗斯把这部主要发生在企业大楼内的办公室喜剧拍得还算生动流畅，对职场生态尤多嘲讽。不过主要的吸引力还是来自福克斯的表演，他将当代年轻人渴望一步登天而不惜冒险的处世态度演得活灵活现，甚能引人共鸣。