梅根(芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰)和未婚夫琼斯(沃尔特·康诺利 Walter Connolly 饰)即将携手步入婚姻的殿堂。琼斯是一名虔诚的基督教徒,为了传教,梅根跟随琼斯来到了中国。一场意外中,两人在误打误撞之下闯入了军事禁区,就此解释了颜将军(尼尔斯·阿斯瑟 Nils Asther 饰),三人之间结下了深厚的友谊。 随着时间的推移,颜将军渐渐爱上了天真烂漫的梅根,两人之间的距离越来越近。颜将军在事业上受到了重创,导致了众叛亲离的下场,在这危机时刻,梅根选择不离不弃的陪伴在颜将军的身旁。可是,颜将军误以为梅根这么做是为了自己的未婚夫,这误会导致两人的感情产生了裂痕。
Griff Bonnell (Sullivan) and his brothers arrive in a small, Arizona town. He is a U.S. Marshal looking to arrest Howard Swain (Chuck Roberson), coincidentally one of landowner Jessica Drummond’s (Stanwyck) 40 guns. The town is being terrorized and trashed by Brockie and his boys. He’s an arrogant drunk and bully but when he shoots an old buddy of Griff’s, he and his brothers intervene. Griff strides purposefully towards the action, unconcerned at the mayhem going on. Brockie’s buddies recognize the lawman and flee but the drunk Brockie doesn’t know or care. Fuller cuts back and forth between a close-up of Griff’s eyes and Brockie’s gun repeatedly until the climax when Griff finally reaches Rocky and knocks him unconscious with a punch. Griff and Jessica inevitably cross paths and their relationship starts off as antagonistic but eventually blossoms into a romance.
In 1900, Naomi Murdoch deserted her small-town family to go on the stage. Some ten years later, daughter Lily invites Naomi back to see her in the Riverdale high school play. Her arrival sets the whole town abuzz, wakes up old conflicts, and sets off new emotional storms.
Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem how do they handle the upcoming trial
Charlie Rogers是个桀骜不驯的酒吧驻唱歌手,因为出手教训出言不逊的客人被老板开除,骑着摩托车开始了流浪歌手的生涯。路上,他偶遇了雷厉风行的嘉年华老板Maggie和她的两个雇员——少女Cathy和她暴脾气的老爸Joe。Charlie对Cathy一见钟情,但Joe却不满他轻佻的态度,和Charlie冲突不断。Charlie在嘉年华谋了份差事,而因为他出色的表演,嘉年华一时间成为当地热门,游客络绎不绝。而和嘉年华员工相处的过程中,Charlie也从毛头小子走向成熟。有一次,两个故意刁难Cathy的客人丢了钱包,栽赃是Joe偷拿的,Joe含冤入狱。当天晚上,Charlie捡到了那个钱包,却因为没及时归还又被Cathy误会。Charlie只好选择离开嘉年华,投奔了他们的竞争对手。眼看着Maggie的嘉年华即将倒闭,Charlie该如何抉择?
Walter Neff(弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray 饰)是一个成功的保险代理人,他在夜里回到办公室,开始在一个录音机上诉说他的故事...... Neff为了取得Dietrichson先生的保险代理权,来到了他的家中,Dietrichson先生不在,Neff遇到了Dietrichson先生的新妻子Phyllis Dietrichson(芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰)。美丽的Phyllis让Neff感到不自然,而她也开始说起她的丈夫的诸多不好之处。在第二次拜访中,Neff终于控制不住自己的欲望,愿意参与Phyllis的杀夫计划。Neff计划在Dietrichson先生坐火车的时候制造他失足摔下的假象,以骗取“双重保险”。一切进行的非常顺利,Dietrichson先生死掉了,Neff和Phyllis两人的爱情和...
Walter Neff(弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray 饰)是一个成功的保险代理人,他在夜里回到办公室,开始在一个录音机上诉说他的故事......Neff为了取得Dietrichson先生的保险代理权,来到了他的家中,Dietrichson先生不在,Neff遇到了Dietrichson先生的新妻子Phyllis Dietrichson(芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰)。美丽的Phyllis让Neff感到不自然,而她也开始说起她的丈夫的诸多不好之处。在第二次拜访中,Neff终于控制不住自己的欲望,愿意参与Phyllis的杀夫计划。Neff计划在Dietrichson先生坐火车的时候制造他失足摔下的假象,以骗取“双重保险”。一切进行的非常顺利,Dietrichson先生死掉了,Neff和Phyllis两人的爱情和金钱似乎都有了保障。然而,Neff的好友保险调查员Barton Keyes (爱德华·罗宾逊 Edward G. Robinson 饰)却觉得事有蹊跷,开始调查整个事件......本片改编自James M. Cain于1943年出版的同名小说,由导演比利·怀尔德和侦探小说作家雷蒙德·钱德勒共同编剧,获第17届奥斯卡最佳影片等7项提名。