The elderly caretaker of a remote morgue possesses an impeccable memory for everything but names. He passes his days showing corpses to those searching for their lost ones and tending to his beloved plants. When protest in a nearby city breaks out and the militia covertly raid the morgue to hide civilian casualties, he discovers the body of an unknown young woman. Evoking memories of personal loss, he embarks on a magical odyssey to give her a proper burial with the help of a mystic gravedigger who collects stories of the dead, an old woman searching for her long-lost daughter, and a hearse driver tormented by his past.
最近城里的屡屡发生珠宝劫案,警察们都束手无策。因为贼人的手法和以前闻名的大盗“黑猫”约翰(加里•格兰特 Cary Grant 饰)如出一辙,警察们找上了正在乡间别墅过着悠闲生活的约翰。约翰当然不会轻易就范,他摆脱了警察之后,开始调查到底是谁用他的手法屡屡作案。毫无头绪的约翰找到了以前的战友巴先生,却被巴先生餐馆里的人视作不速之客。幸好在侍者孚的女儿的帮助下,约翰来到了嘎纳海滩。在保险公司经理的帮助下,约翰展开了他的抓贼行动。