London. Jarvis Dolan is a charismatic host of a radio show named "The Grim Reality", about news and actuality. Loudmouth, fun and ruthless in his speeches and comments, Jarvis is the most important radio star of the moment, entertaining the audience throughout the early morning with his intelligent programs on hot topics. Previous the job, Dolan is required by his boss Norman Burgess to have a brief talk about the fate of the program by the recent poor ratings, that reporting Dolan to accept to his former partner, Andrew Wilde, as co-host, in an attempt to improvement the show. Going they two to the studio, Wilde meets Dolan's assistants, Anthony and Claire, who work making the show behind the micros. But when Dolan tries to start the program while he waits for Wilde, who had to go out a little before to back more later, he finds suddenly trapped by the circumstances: two masked men have assaulted the radio station at gunpoint and kidnapped Anthony and Claire, making him to keep the ...
史蒂芬(德克·博加德 Dirk Bogarde 饰)出生在一个非常普通的家庭之中,凭借着自己的智慧和能力,他不断的向上爬,并且最终成为了英国牛津大学的教授,可以这么说,史蒂芬现在所拥有的一切,都是他一点一点亲手为自己挣来的。一次偶然中,史蒂芬撞见了自己的同事查理(斯坦利·贝克 Stanley Baker 饰)和一个名叫安娜(雅克利娜·萨萨尔 Jacqueline Sassard 饰)的女生之间的私情。
安娜的身份十分的尊贵,是一国之公主,并且已经有了未婚夫威廉(麦克尔·约克 Michael York 饰)。一场车祸中,威廉不幸去世,史蒂芬救了安娜一命,出于报复的心理,他强行占有了安娜。