法庭类片中具有极高地位，心理变化演绎得精彩至极，令人目不睱接的经典法庭片，聚焦于1924年的真实案件“利奥波德·里普谋杀案”。奥逊·威尔斯饰演律师，他搜集各种证据，极力推翻法庭作出的对两位芝加哥少年的死刑判决，通过精彩的法庭辨论成功地挽救了两个少年的生命。

  In this riveting true story about the notorious 1924 Leopold/Loeb murder case, Orson Wells stars as the brilliant Clarence Darrow whose history-making defense against capitol punishment saved two Chicago teenagers from a death sentence.Though names have changed, this factual, fascinating character study based on news reporter Meyer Levin's bestseller focuses on the two boys - one bossy and intimidating (Bradford Dillman), the other sensitive and introverted (Dean Stockwell) - who thought their superior intellect would enable them to pull off "the perfect crime." E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner and Diane Varsi co-star in this "tense, intelligent" (Time) re-enactment of what was seen as the crime of the century.