乔治（詹姆斯•斯图尔特 James Stewart 饰）在圣诞节前准备自杀，这时上帝传来旨意，派天使拯救他，并让他了解到自己一生的使命——拯救那些不幸的人。乔治小时候左耳有疾，在贝德福德镇上的一家药店帮工。他很机灵，深得老板器重，同时也很招女孩喜欢。某日，老板接到爱子死亡的电报，悲痛欲绝，配错了药，幸亏乔治才化险为夷。乔治从小嫉恶如仇，尤其看不惯富人专横跋扈。长大后，乔治一表人才，准备去读大学。这时，他的父亲去世了，他子承父业，协助叔父料理公司事务。然而公司经营状况不佳，在董事会会议上面临破产。如果公司破产，小镇将会有很多家庭陷入困境。乔治力排众议，说服了董事会，但是条件是他要担任董事会秘书长。这与他的大学梦相去甚远。而且，此时他还陷入了对一个女孩的爱恋之中……

故事发生在1941年的夏天，帕维特（蒙哥马利·克利夫特 Montgomery Clift 饰）刚刚被调到夏威夷军营，连长霍默思（Philip Ober 饰）看到帕维特体格壮硕，便邀请他加入军中的拳击队。没想到，帕维特拒绝了霍默思的邀请，这令霍默思感到愤怒又难堪。帕维特也曾是拳击界的一把好手，但一次意外中他打伤了对手的眼睛致其失明，悔恨交加的他发誓永远不再站上擂台。霍默思的妻子凯伦（黛博拉·蔻儿 Deborah Kerr 饰）美丽又温柔，在士官长瓦尔登（伯特·兰卡斯特 Burt Lancaster 饰）的诱惑之下，两人产生了背德的感情。一次意外中，士官强森（欧内斯特·博格宁 Ernest Borgnine 饰）的恶意挑衅导致了士兵马乔（弗兰克·辛纳特拉 Frank Sinatra 饰）的死亡，面对这一悲剧，帕维特决定不再忍耐，愤怒至极的他向强森挥起了拳头。

Nick and Nora's hopes for a pleasant afternoon at the local race track are dashed when a jockey is found shot dead in the locker room. Nick's friend Lt. Abrams wants him to help out but Nick is enjoying the good life too much to get involved. However, he is subsequently approached by Major Scully to look into corruption and the role of organized crime in gambling. Others are killed but in the end, Nick gathers all of the suspects into a room and identifies the killer.

New York private detective Duncan Mac MacLain is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair, and his assistant, Marty. Retired actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara, herself a promising actress, is enamored with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul, but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment.Norma's husband Stephen Lawry is a scientist leaving that night on a trip to test a secret invention on which he has been working for the government and the war effort

New York private detective Duncan Mac MacLain is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair, and his assistant, Marty. Retired actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara, herself a promising actress, is enamored with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul, but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment.Norma's husband Stephen Lawry is a scientist leaving that night on a trip to test a secret invention on which he has been working for the government and the war effort

In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the members of a PT boat squadron patrol Philippine waters and attack Japanese ships. The PT boat initially had little respect from senior Navy officers but their maneuverability and speed however quickly change their minds. As the Japanese advance across the Philippines, the PT boats become essential in evacuating the se...

故事发生在第二次世界大战刚刚结束之后，一切都是百废待兴的样子。士兵查尔斯（范·强生 Van Johnson 饰）在完成了自己身为一名军人的使命之后，决定留在巴黎，进军文艺界，成为一名作家。在巴黎，查尔斯邂逅了海伦（伊丽莎白·泰勒 Elizabeth Taylor 饰）和玛丽安（唐娜·里德 Donna Reed 饰）姐妹两，很快，查尔斯便和海伦坠入了爱河，两人结为夫妻，并且有了他们爱情的结晶。 虽然感情生活一帆风顺，但查尔斯的事业却一直没有起色，迟迟无法获得成功的他心灰意冷，开始依靠酒精派遣内心的郁闷。某天，酩酊大醉的查尔斯将海伦锁在了门外，海伦因此患上肺炎不幸去世，玛丽安则带走了两人的孩子，查尔斯失去了一切。