A newspaper publisher's daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up gas stations, raping young men at gunpoint, and having makeout parties when her parents are away. Their "fence" gets them to trash the school on request of sinister un-Am…

The Benson Murder Case 是SS范达因的首部作品，创下了当年的图书销售记录，由此开启侦探推理小说的黄金时代。此部电影版改编忠于原著，也是威廉·鲍威尔第三次饰演侦探菲洛·万斯。