1980年代初的北爱尔兰美国律师保罗和未婚妻英格丽德等人组成的公民自由联盟组织的一个小组来到贝尔法斯特调查那里有没有发生过践踏公民权利的行为记者招待会上特里萨提供了英国政府实行枪杀政策的生动证据哈里斯偷偷地塞给保罗一盘录音带保罗乘着莫洛伊驾驶的汽车去见哈里斯半路上遭到拦截两人被开枪打死英国刑事调查局视察员克里根调查此案英格丽德从保罗的遗物中发现了录音带空盒子主动担任克里根的助手莫洛伊太太的房子被人搜查过丈夫装录音带的盒子全部被移动过在莫洛伊家英格丽德从照片上认出了哈里斯原来他是警察局特别科的人通过特里萨他们见到哈里斯原来盒录音带是针对英国高层人士阴谋的证据阴谋的策化者是美国中央情报局阴谋旨在诽谤英国前首相哈罗德·威尔逊是苏联克格勃的傀儡搞垮希思政府哈里斯盼望把这份材料公开出去克里根受罗伯特·尼尔爵士召见警告他不要扩大事态英格丽德去见哈里斯后哈里斯就被捕了英格丽德见到克里根克里根坚决拒绝介入英格丽德没有泄露她已拿到了录音带……
U Turn is a Mystery Thriller A young female reporter is upset about how people break traffic rules, she wants to do a story about it and have it published In this pursuit she finds herself struck in a police case dealing with series of murders The film is about how she tries to free herself of these accusations and also becomes part of the investigation process The rest of the film is about the mysterious deaths and how they are all interconnected with a road accident
