A couple living in a Los Angeles suburb is compelled to take dangerous actions when they discover the police officer that has just murdered an unarmed motorist is their next door neighbor.
茫茫西部,一个路经农场的过客肖恩(艾伦·拉德 Alan Ladd 饰)引起了主人斯塔雷特一家的警觉。原来当地恶徒雷克一伙为了吞并自耕农的土地,不停骚扰斯塔雷特等居民,男主人乔·斯塔雷特弄清了肖恩的身份后,将美丽的妻子玛利亚和儿子乔伊介绍给对方,并邀请肖恩留在自己的农场帮忙。肖恩入住小镇不久,就在镇上的酒馆遭到了雷克一伙的折辱,自耕农们不愿放弃辛劳工作换来的家园,集合商讨对付雷克的办法,最终却只能旁观肖恩肉搏雷克的众打手。肖恩在农场辛勤工作,并不时传授给乔伊战斗的方法,另一方面,雷克仍然不放弃赶走斯塔雷特等人的计划,肖恩决定奋力反抗……
Whitney Cameronn (Cotten), a man with a strong affection for his sister-in-law (Peters). When one of her stepchildren dies, it's revealed that the child was poisoned to death. Whitney suspects his sister-in-law committed the murder and is afraid that her other son may be in danger. The film climaxes during an ocean voyage aboard a cruise ship.
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of sixteen years leaves her for a younger woman.