Marcia, a sexy bucolic orphan, hitch-hikes to the city to meet up with her sister, who has promised her a job at the roadhouse where she works as a hostess. She has no qualms about sleeping with her driver in order to be safeguarded to her destination. Once she arrives, she discovers that her sister has recently been violently murdered -- in a stangulation by garter belt. Marcia takes her sister's job in order to go undercover in finding the murderer. She thus imperils her own life while making discoveries about her sister's former lifestyle and the seamy antics of the local civic leaders.

这是一部结构颇为奇特的另类小品电影，描述年轻导演亨利．嘉格隆亲自上银幕扮演导演丹尼，他决定拍一部情人节电影----让主角直接面对镜头讲述他为何孤单地过情人节。戏中戏则是一部以第二次世界大战为时代背景的爱情片。藉一对欧美战地情鸳的悲欢离合，激发出人生的浪漫和痛苦。本片女主角萨莉．凯勒曼曾以《外科医生》中热唇一角知名，男主角安德烈亚．马可维澈则是欧洲影坛著名小生。权威导演奥森．威尔斯自始至终坐在阳台上评论这个故事，而这是他去世前的最后演出。