Maria Vargas(艾娃·加德纳 Ava Gardner 饰)一个美丽、敏感、渴望爱情的西班牙女子,本在一家酒吧跳舞。被美国导演Harry Dawes(亨弗莱·鲍嘉 Humphrey Bogart 饰)挖掘,带到好莱坞,成了万众瞩目电影明星。但她却与投资Harry电影的老板Kirk Edwards矛盾重重,后又和南美洲的富人Bravano纠缠不清。直到她遇见深爱她的那个男人——伯爵Vincenzo,两人终于结婚,但悲剧却无法避免。就如Vincenzo的家族格言一样:该来的,总会来。美人已逝,空留遗憾。
Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies (Donald Pleasence), an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick (Alan Bates) - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders. Eventually Aston, himself irritated by the cantankerous old man, puts him out.