临时女秘书克莉丝(Lara Flynn Boyle)，美艳而神秘，然而在她美丽的外表与姣好的身材下，却藏着一颗狠毒的心。 她一步一步除掉手边的障碍，让自己在公司的地位大为提升。然而年轻的老板彼得(Timothy Hutton)绝不就此善罢甘休，他决心要阻止克莉丝，以挽救濒临破裂的公司。

Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.

The chronicles of Shyamalendu Chatterjee, an ambitious and self-made young man, as he rises his way up the corporate ladder. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2001.