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。

　　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?

　　The Stilwins are on vacation to an isolated beach in Mexico. Walking on a deserted jetty, Doug Stilwin gets his leg trapped under one of the logs. All attempts to move the log are futile and Helen Stilwin takes the car to get help. However, an escaped criminal kidnaps her. Will she be able to return to her husband before he drowns?

　　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.

　　Griff Bonnell and his brothers Wes and Chico arrive in an Arizona town. He is a reformed gunslinger, now working for the Attorney General's office, looking to arrest Howard Swain for mail robbery.　　Swain is one of landowner Jessica Drummond’s 40 hired guns. She runs the territory with an iron fist, permitting the town to be terrorized and trashed by her brother, Brockie Drummond, and his boys. Brockie is an arrogant drunk and bully, but he goes too far by shooting Marshal Chisolm in cold blood. Griff intervenes and knocks out Brockie with his pistol.　　Wes falls in love with Louvenie Spanger, so he decides to settle down and become the town's sheriff. Griff becomes romantically involved with Jessica after she is dragged by a horse during a cyclone.　　Two of her guns, Logan and Savage, attempt an ambush of Griff in an alley. He is saved by youngest brother Chico, who was supposed to be leaving for California for a new life on a farm. Chico's shot kills Savage, after which Jessica's brother and hired guns try to turn the town against the Bonnell brothers.　　On his wedding day, Wes is gunned down. Brockie is jailed for the murder. He tries to escape by using his sister as a shield, daring Griff to shoot, and is shocked when Griff does exactly that. Griff's expertly placed bullet merely wounds Jessica, and the cowardly Brockie then becomes the first man Griff has had to kill in 10 years.　　Chico remains behind to take the sheriff's job. Griff rides out, certain that Jessica hates him for killing her brother, but she runs after his buckboard and together they ride off.

　　T•C• Jeffords是一个自大、冷酷的农场主，他的女儿Vency一直希望代替死去的母亲，获得父亲的爱与权力，直到一天TC带回另一个女人。Vency与父亲决裂，并最终靠自己的力量夺走了农场。

　　On a rainy night in 1928 in a Pennsylvania factory town called Iverstown, Martha Ivers (Janis Wilson), thirteen years old, is trying to escape from the guardianship of her wealthy, domineering aunt. Her friend, the street-smart, poor Sam Masterson (Darryl Hickman), comes for her through her bedroom window, but Martha's aunt catches them. While Sam slips out unnoticed, Martha hits Mrs. Ivers on the head, causing her to fall down the long staircase and die. Though Sam saw nothing, the event was witnessed by Walter O'Neil (Mickey Kuhn), the son of Martha's tutor (Roman Bohnen), known as Mr. O'Neil. Martha lies about the incident to Mr. O'Neil, and Walter supports her.[5]　　Mr. O'Neil suspects what happened but presents Martha's version of events to the police, that an intruder is responsible; he makes use of his knowledge by having her marry his son. When the police identify a former employee of the aunt as the murderer, the two O'Neils and Martha help convict him; he is punished by hanging.[5]　　Eighteen years later, the older O'Neil has died. Walter (now played by Kirk Douglas) is the district attorney, while Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) has used her inheritance from her aunt to build a large business empire. Their marriage is one-sided; he loves her, but she does not love him.　　Sam (Van Heflin), now a drifter and gambler, stops in the small town by chance to have his car repaired after an accident. While waiting for repairs, at his old home, now a boarding house, he meets Antonia "Toni" Marachek (Lizabeth Scott), who has just been released from jail. She is later picked up for violating her probation by not returning to her hometown. Sam goes to see Walter, to see if he can use his influence to get her released.　　Walter is convinced Sam has returned with blackmail in mind, giving Walter a motive to run Sam out of town. When Martha reacts with joy to the news of Sam's return, Walter's jealousy provides an additional motive. Walter forces Toni to set Sam up. Sam is beaten and driven out of town, but he is too tough to be intimidated. When all else fails, Walter makes a half-hearted attempt to kill Sam himself, but is easily disarmed. Martha then inadvertently blurts out the couple's fears of blackmail, which prove to be groundless: Sam says he did not witness the death. Martha breaks down and laments that he left without her all those years ago, taking with him her only chance for love and freedom.　　Sam is torn between his old love and his new. Although he eventually forgives Toni for betraying him, he and Martha spend an idyllic day together, rekindling his feelings for her.　　Walter arranges to meet Sam to finally settle matters. Before Sam arrives, Walter gets drunk and Martha finds out about the meeting. When Walter falls down the stairs and is knocked unconscious, Martha urges Sam to kill him. Sam instead brings Walter around. Martha pulls out a gun and threatens to shoot Sam in "self defense" as an intruder. However, Sam gambles that Walter will not back up her story; he turns his back on her and leaves.　　Walter embraces and kisses his wife; then he points the gun at her midriff. Oddly relieved, she puts her hand over his hand on the trigger and presses. As she is dying, she defiantly states her name is not Martha Ivers, but Martha Smith. Outside, Sam hears the shot. He runs back toward the mansion, but sees Walter, holding Martha's body, shoot himself. Sam and Toni drive away together.

杰夫·道森（贾利·古柏）是一个倒霉的石油投机商在南美洲的不幸遭遇团聚他与老朋友，沃德“帕科”康威（安东尼·昆）。不幸的是，杰夫，帕科的妻子是一个坏消息，吃人的玛丽娜（芭芭拉·斯坦威克），几年前和情人跑了，现在杰夫爱上了另外一个女人。

　　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。

查尔斯（亨利·方达饰）是个有钱但不经世事的财产继承人，他刚结束在亚马逊持续了一年的蛇类研究，踏上归ddd。在船上他遇到了简（芭芭拉·斯坦威克饰）和她的行骗同伙们，后者自然是想敲他一笔，但查尔斯发现了简的秘密，随后抛弃了她。简自然十分生气，于是决定假扮伊芙夫人去戏弄查尔斯，但同时也为了赢回他的心，因为她发现自己一直都爱着查尔斯。

十九世纪七十年代的美国新墨西哥洲大牧场主TC杰佛兹鳏居多年，膝下一子一女均已长大成人。女儿万斯一直希望能继承父业管理整个牧场。万斯爱上了杰佛兹的仇人之子达罗。但当杰佛兹让达罗在金钱和爱情之间作出选择时，达罗选择了前者接受杰佛兹的五万美金。这让万斯深感绝望。万斯和土著胡安感情甚笃，但杰佛兹为了获得银行贷款决定赶走胡安一家。杰佛兹从华盛顿结识的贵妇博奈特开始插手牧场事物。气恼不已的万斯刺伤了博奈特。而杰佛兹也与胡安一家发生枪战冲突并吊死了胡安。这让万斯彻底和父亲决裂。万斯决定依靠自己的力量并联手达罗一起取得牧场的所有权。她能完成复仇计划并收获属于自己的爱情吗？

　　莱昂纳（芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰）是衔着金汤匙出生的富家千金，因为她的神经非常的脆弱纤细，导致她只能整日卧病在床，和外界唯一的联系就是一台电话。这一天，莱昂纳的丈夫亨利（伯特·兰卡斯特 Burt Lancaster 饰）迟迟没有到家，于是莱昂纳想要打个电话到亨利的办公室里找他。哪知道电话串了线，莱昂纳听到电话那头的两个陌生男人正在谋划如何杀害一个无辜的女人。　　又惊又怕的莱昂纳决定拯救这个女人的性命，于是她拿起了自己唯一的武器——电话。然而，当莱昂纳打电话将自己的所见所闻告诉警察时，却并没有人愿意相信她。更糟的是，两名凶手似乎也知道了莱昂纳的存在。

　　On an ocean voyage, a librarian falls for a married man. After librarian Lulu Smith is accused by her patrons of having Spring fever, she spends her life savings on a cruise to Havana, during which she begins a romance with Bob Grover, a lawyer with political ambitions. After their return, Lulu becomes a clerical assistant for a newspaper, where she is pursued by brash reporter Al Holland. One night, several months into their affair, Bob comes to Lulu's apartment for dinner, bringing two Halloween masks with which they have a marvelous time playing. Their merriment is interrupted by a call from Al, whose proposal to Lulu prompts Bob to confess that he has an invalid wife whom he cannot leave. Lulu protests that she wishes to continue their affair, but Bob refuses to let her waste her life on him. They squabble, and Lulu throws him out without telling him she is pregnant. Time passes and Bob becomes district attorney, while Al becomes city editor of the newspaper. After Bob hires a detective, Marty, to find Lulu, the couple are reunited and Lulu introduces Bob to his daughter Roberta. Later, Lulu and Roberta are waiting to meet Bob, when Al suddenly appears. He is questioning her about Roberta when Bob arrives, and, in order to protect Bob's reputation, Lulu tells Al that the baby is Bob's adopted daughter and that she is her governess. In order to preserve the charade, Bob does adopt Roberta, taking her home the next day to present to his wife Helen, who is returning from a European rest cure. Helen is delighted with the child but questions Lulu's ability to care for her. Lulu runs out of the house, and when Bob follows her, she tries to tell him she is through with him but cannot. Soon after, Lulu goes to Al for a job and becomes the "advice to the lovelorn" columnist for his paper. Al pumps her for information about Bob and Roberta in order to write a story causing Bob's downfall, but Lulu refuses to say anything. As the years pass, Lulu still works for the paper, and Al, now the managing editor, is still pursuing her. Bob has been both a mayor and a congressman, but on the night he wins the nomination for governor, he becomes disheartened, ashamed of the hypocrisy of his double life. Lulu tries to talk him out of confessing the truth and ruining his career, but when it seems that she cannot succeed, she asks Al to marry her, hoping that will make Bob forget about her. On the night of Bob's election, however, Al tells her that he knows all about her, Bob and Roberta, and Lulu kills him to prevent him from publishing the story. A year later, Bob is on his deathbed, and Lulu, whom he had pardoned after a short jail term, comes to visit him. He shows her his new will, which tells the truth and leaves her half of his estate, but after he dies, she tears it up to protect him and Roberta, who is engaged to a socially prominent young man.

塞尔玛乔丹，一个深夜，在结婚助理DA克利夫马歇尔的办公室出现了。之前克利夫能阻止自己，他和塞尔玛参与非法的事。但塞尔玛是一个神秘的女人，克利夫不禁怀疑她是否有难言之隐。

CharlieRogers是一个皮革包裹的车手谁开除了唱被一群大学混混打架后。而骑着他的周期到下一个演出，一个愤怒的爸爸在他上路时他和他的女儿。他被迫挂上了一个旅行狂欢节，直到他的自行车可以固定。狂欢节是由一个坚韧的老宽，破醉了，他的女儿。一路上，查利（谁有一个芯片在他的肩膀上是一个孤儿）在某种程度上知道家庭的价值观，从这个含糊的功能失调的一个。诡计多端的对手进行显示，基于TomParker上校的传奇，埃尔维斯·普雷斯利的现实生活中的经理。

　　　　Avery bullard tredway 公司总裁去世了。但他从未指定明确的继任者，所以董事会成员必须选择一个继任者。最有可能的是 loren shaw 一个老练的商人，但是其他一些人不喜欢他的算计方式。但为了阻止他，他们必须找到其他能支持他的人。会是工程师 don walling 吗？这需要说服力，他们不相信他的年轻和理想主义。他甚至不确定自己是否想要这份工作，他可能更喜欢创造，而不是政治活动。

　　电影讲述，乔波拿马拥有过人的音乐天赋，他的父亲希望他在这方面能有所建树，但乔自己却希望能成为一名拳击手。为此他说服濒临破产的拳击经纪人汤姆穆迪给他一个机会。在汤姆穆迪专业的指导下乔迅速上升，不久就成为著名拳手。但是“打假拳”的问题开始困扰乔，黄金男孩该何去何从呢。

　　被解雇的报社女记者安·米歇尔伪造了一封信给报社，署名“约翰·杜伊”（即无名氏），信上表示对这个充满恶瘤的社会充满失望，决心要自杀。报社为此不得不重新聘用了安来调查此事。然而，没想到此事最终引发了一场政治运动……

　　A group of ivory-tower lexicographers realize they need to hear how real people talk, and end up helping a beautiful singer escape from the Mob.

　　吉姆（理查德·贝斯哈特 Richard Basehart 饰）是议员的儿子，亦是家里万贯财产的继承人。早年间，他和一个名叫桑德拉（芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰）的神秘女人结了婚，如今，桑德拉成为了吉姆唯一的财产继承人。为了交涉遗产事宜，桑德拉来到了吉姆家中，见到了吉姆的弟弟马克（埃罗尔·弗林 Errol Flynn 饰），这个行为怪异鬼鬼祟祟的男人带给了桑德拉极为深刻的印象。　　吉姆的妹妹朱莉（杰拉尔丁·布鲁克斯 Geraldine Brooks 饰）对自己的哥哥也没有好话，这更加深了桑德拉对马克的怀疑，不久之后朱莉意外身亡，这更令桑德拉坚信，这个家庭里发生的一连串的悲剧都和马克有着千丝万缕的关联。