This first film version of "The Children's Hour" uses a heterosexual triangle rather than the play's lesbian theme. The plot concerns schoolteachers Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, both of whom are in love with Dr. Joe Cardin. The malicious lie of one of their students involves all three in a scandal which disrupts all their lives.。警察魏司对于15年前未能侦破的女大学生遇害案一直耿耿于怀。如今,当年遇害的女大学生的妹妹跟姐姐上了同一所大学,希望可以找到当年的线索;新来的警官也对当年的案件充满好奇。在两代人的接力下,将当年的真凶绳之于法,沉默了15年的案件最终得以告破。。