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约翰·弗兰肯海默导演的一流政治惊悚片。编导将冷战时代的政治讽刺与悬疑故事作出完美的结合，气氛紧凑逼人，极具戏剧张力。 　　故事背景是韩战之后的美国，劳伦斯·夏威返国时被当作战争英雄，荣获国会勋章，但他同一排的弟兄和他的排长法兰克·辛纳屈都不清楚他在战场上干了什么英勇行为？辛纳屈时常梦到韩战的奇怪景象，决定调查真相，终于发现他们那一排的人原来曾被北韩军队俘虏并加以洗脑，夏威已变成苏联派到美国作政治暗杀的洗脑杀手。 　　剧情发展溶合了写实幻想与象征，彼此交错进行，因此映象的处理亦十分复杂，有如一列不断在变速的火车，对于能够进入情况的观众是会看得很过瘾的。Major Ben Marco (Frank Sinatra) is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. He served valiantly as a captain in the Korean war and his Sergeant, Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), even won the Medal of Honor. Marco has a major problem however: he has a recurring nightmare, one where two members of his squad are killed by Shaw. He's put on indefinite sick leave and visits Shaw in New York. Shaw for his part has established himself well, despite the misgivings of his domineering mother, Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin (Angela Lansbury). She is a red-baiter, accusing anyone who disagrees with her right-wing reactionary views of being a Communist. Raymond hates her, not only for how she's treated him but equally because of his step-father, the ineffectual U.S. Senator John Iselin (James Gregory), who is intent on seeking higher office. When Marco learns that others in his Korean War unit have nightmares similar to his own, he realizes that something happened to all of them in Korea and that Raymond Shaw is the focal point.