雷蒙德·鲁德福德（Raymond Rudford）因谋杀一位富有的叔叔而受审，这位叔叔在父母去世后收养了他。检方提供了貌似可恶的证据，包括雷蒙德自己在杀死他叔叔的剃刀上的指纹，以及一个强大的动机：担心如果他与他的未婚妻艾丽西亚结婚，他将被剥夺继承权。 雷蒙德唯一的辩护理由是，他不可能犯下这一罪行，因为他一看到血就感到一阵恐惧，这是他从小就有过的恐惧症，当时他的狗被一辆卡车辗过，狗的血溅到了他的脸上。但陪审团不相信这一点，他被判有罪并被判处死刑。美丽的艾丽西亚认为他是无辜的，有人谋杀了他的叔叔。但是，如果不是雷蒙德，是谁？
Young Raymond Rudford,sculptor, is on trial for slitting the throat of his uncle, who had adopted and raised him after Raymond's parent's died when he was a young boy. The prosecution allows his motive was fear of being disinherited if he married his fiancé, the fair Alicia Atherton, against his uncle's wishes, and the prosecution lays a mountain of evidence against Raymond, including his razor, dragged from an artificial lake on the estate, as the murder weapon; Raymond's bloody fingerprints and footprints found at the scene of bedroom crime, and his bloody shoes, found in his cupboard and bloody monogrammed-handkerchief found under his uncle's death bed. Raymond's only defense is that he could not have committed the crime as he goes into a paroxysm of dread at the mere sight of blood, a phobia he has had ever since childhood when his dog was run over by a lorry and the dog's blood was splattered into his face. But the jury doesn't buy that and he is found guilty and sentenced to ...
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