苏利文是好莱坞以喜剧走红的年轻导演电影（乔尔·麦克雷 Joel McCrea 饰），但他不满现状，想将下个作品拍成反映社会底层困境的严肃题材。为了体验底层生活，他打扮成身无分文的流浪汉深入民间，但无论他怎么尝试，最后总是又回到了好莱坞。后来他遇到一个事业失败的女演员（维 罗妮卡·莱克 Veronica Lake 饰），让她上车搭了一程，却被误认作小偷送入了警察局。释放之后，苏利文听从女孩的建议...

In 1672, two witches (Jennifer and her father Daniel) were burned by puritan Jonathan Wooley. In revenge, Jennifer cursed all future generations of the Wooley family, that the sons will always marry t...

Hit man Philip Raven, who's kind to children and cats, kills a blackmailer and is paid off by traitor Willard Gates in hot money. Meanwhile, pert entertainer Ellen Graham, girlfriend of police Lieut. ...