贝蒂露（佩内洛普·安·米勒 Penelope Ann Miller 饰）和丈夫艾利克斯（艾瑞克·泰尔 Eric Thal 饰）的感情十分恩爱，最近，她正在着手准备两人的结婚周年纪念日。艾利克斯是一名警探，工作非常的繁忙，纪念日当天，小镇上发生了一起命案，艾利克斯不得不留在犯罪现场进行勘察。 无所事事的贝蒂露带着小狗出门遛弯，路过犯罪现场，小狗嗅到了凶手的气息。之后，在河边，小狗发现了凶手丢弃的枪支，贝蒂露将枪收了起来准备交给丈夫。哪知道半路中，贝蒂露遇见了讨人厌的姐姐，姐姐的喋喋不休让贝蒂露厌烦至极，在洗手间里，贝蒂露掏出枪，却意外的发射出去一枚子弹引来了警察，一时间，人赃俱获的贝蒂露成为了案件的最大嫌疑人。

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer who has been AWOL for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.