亨利(迈克尔·基顿 Michael Keaton 饰)是一名报社的编辑,他的妻子玛莎(玛丽莎·托梅 Marisa Tomei 饰)身怀六甲即将临盆,因此,他非常渴望能够从《纽约太阳报》被调到《前哨报》工作,以获得更加丰厚的薪水。 一场谋杀案的发生轰动了整个城市,两名白人在案件中被害,而遭到逮捕的两名犯罪嫌疑人均为黑人。亨利在报纸的头条上刊登了黑人被捕的消息,这一举动导致《前哨报》撤销了对他的招聘决定。玛莎通过追踪种种蛛丝马迹,最终发现两名黑人青年是无辜的,而警察逮捕他们只是为了装点门面。亨利再度将这一真相刊登在了报纸的头条上,第二天,《纽约太阳报》被抢售一空。。Karl Hochman, a technician in a computer shop, is also "The Address-Book Killer", who obtains the names of his victims from stolen address-books. Terry Munroe and her son Josh come into the store to price software, and a salesman uses Terry's address-book to demonstrate a hand-held scanner. Karl obtains the file, and while driving to Terry's house that night in a heavy electric...。