这部电视电影翻拍自比利·怀德（Billy Wilder）执导的经典黑色电影《双重赔偿 》（Double Indemnity / 1944），电视版导演为杰克·斯米特（Jack Smight），由理查德·克里纳（Richard Crenna）、李·科布（Lee J. Cobb）、罗伯特·韦伯（Robert Webber）以及萨曼莎·艾加（Samantha Eggar）领衔主演。

Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the California desert. A simple trip turns deadly, as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.