前身为警察的菲利浦马洛（埃利奥特·古尔德 Elliott Gould 饰）现在干起了私家侦探的活计，尽管他做事极为低调极力避免被卷入麻烦的漩涡，但麻烦事仿佛长了眼睛，紧咬着他不放。这次亦然，当老友深夜找到马洛让他将自己送出境外时，看着他躲闪的目光，经验老道的马洛心中就有了不详的预感。果不其然，不久之

　　Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions,