《《秋日蝉by茂山》》1941年英国深陷对抗希特勒的生死挣扎中全靠横越大西洋运送关键货物的舰队德军潜艇虎视眈眈就在这时英军利用顶尖科技反将德军潜艇一军尼克·卡西迪曾经是一名正直负责的警察却因涉嫌盗窃4000万美元的钻石而获刑25年监禁他唯一一个离开监狱的机会就是参加父亲葬礼并在葬礼上趁机逃跑然而令人不解的是他并没有出境而是到曼哈顿酒店开了个24楼的房间精心擦洗一番后只为在最繁华的纽约的注视中坠楼他的举动很快引来了大批警察和媒体一名年轻的谈判专家莉迪亚试图将其劝回屋内然而在循序渐进的劝说中莉迪亚意识到尼克是被钻石的拥有者大卫陷害入狱的目的则是为了高额保险金然而更令莉迪亚想不到的是尼克的自杀只是一个声东击西的幌子他的弟弟和女友正在街对面的珠宝库大楼中实施复仇计划Ralph Anderson returns to his remote California hometown for the first time in many years. Now a lawyer, he has been estranged from his father, Lloyd, and brother, Tippy, ever since being sent to reform school as a youth for stealing a car, taking the blame for his brother's crime.Lloyd is now sheriff and Tippy his deputy. Forced to represent a wanted criminal, Ralph asks the law to look the other way while a local airfield is used to enable the mobster, Massonetti, to flee the country. A dis......