约翰·霍迪亚克饰演的移民局探员到哈瓦那追查一个帮人偷渡的高智商犯罪集团，不料遇上难民身份并极力想偷渡到美国的海蒂·拉玛，被她的原力所打动，无法自拔立马沦陷。如此，案子也不侦破了，放着移民局官员的待遇、养老金等不顾，还想辞职不干，打算跟海蒂·拉玛就这么呆在风光旖旎的哈瓦那了却余生，期望无限美好却给犯罪集团头目打乱，因为头目也深深地迷恋上海蒂·拉玛，孽缘般三角恋就此展开。导演约瑟夫·刘易斯绝对尽心尽力地拍完此片，快到片尾的那段一镜到底的航拍可见他的用心良苦！而全片大堆哈瓦那的实景拍摄，在老旧的黑白镜头下，依然唯美且真实。（甜蜜字幕组）

　　Cette histoire sordide d'un flic de Chicago empêtré dans le vice est racontée par la ville elle-même (s'appuyant sur le fameux poème de Carl Sandburg !) durant 24 heures bien remplies. Remerciements à Martin Scorsese pour la copie.

　　赫特（杰弗瑞·林恩 Jeffrey Lynn 饰）、哈里（亨弗莱·鲍嘉 Humphrey Bogart 饰）和艾迪（詹姆斯·卡格尼 James Cagney 饰）都是曾经在第一次世界大战中为了国家抛头颅洒热血的军人，战争结束后，三个男人返回了他们平静的生活之中，可是，战争改变了太多，他们再也无法找回曾经的那些快乐日子了。
　　退伍后，脑瓜和嘴皮子都很伶俐的赫特成为了律师，老实本分的艾迪打算做一名出租车司机，踏踏实实赚钱，而花花肠子最多的哈里则成为了一名私酒贩子，因为这是当下最来钱的活计。很快，艾迪也入伙了，和他们一起行动的，还有史密斯（格拉黛丝·乔治 Gladys George 饰）。

　　Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he's driving. After meeting seductive Paula at the La Paloma Cafe, he finds himself in trouble with the law. On the basis of a few burning glances, Paula pays his fine and finds him a room, but her motives are not what they seem. Mike lucks into a job with miner Jeff Cunningham, but against his will he's drawn ever deeper into Paula's schemes

　　When FBI Agent Zack Stewart is killed, Agent John Ripley takes over the three cases he was working on, hoping one will lead to his killer. The first involves gangster Joe Walpo and Ripley finds his hideout through Joe's girl friend, Connie Anderson. Joe is killed but it is established he was 400 miles away when Stewart was murdered. The next involves a car-theft gang which Ripley breaks up by using one of the gang, Vince Angelino and his wife Julie. The last case involves Kate Martell, the victim of an extortionist who threatens to kidnap her child unless she pays him $10,000

　　盖伊（法利·格兰杰 Farley Granger 饰）拥有一段并不幸福的婚姻，他的妻子乔伊斯（凯茜·罗杰斯 Kasey Rogers 饰）是一个水性杨花的浪女，盖伊对妻子的不忠恨之入骨。布鲁诺（罗伯特·沃克 Robert Walker 饰）常年受到专横的父亲安东尼先生（乔纳森·哈勒 Jonathan Hale 饰）的压制，忍无可忍的他逐渐起了杀心。就是这样的两个倒霉男人，他们在一列火车上相遇了。
　　互诉衷肠之后，布鲁诺提出了交换杀人的建议，企图给警方造成无动机的假象。盖伊以为布鲁诺只是开玩笑呢，不置可否，哪知道没过几天，乔伊斯竟然真的死于非命。布鲁诺完成了他的承诺，下面轮到盖伊了。

　　A terrified wife tries to escape from her insanely jealous husband who is bent on killing her.

　　An English dowager's new secretary is drugged by her son and told she's his wife.

　　二战后，美国作家马丁（约瑟夫•科顿 Joseph Cotten 饰）应好友哈里（奥逊•威尔斯 Orson Welles 饰）邀请到维也纳工作，岂料刚到达目的地就传来了哈里车祸身亡的消息。哈里葬礼上，马丁遇到了当地军官卡洛维，卡洛维很不客气的请他马上离开维也纳。马丁没有理会，决心留下调查出好友死亡的真相。
　　马丁找到哈里的女友斯科姆特小姐（阿莉达•瓦莉 Alida Valli 饰）一起调查事件的真相。随着调查的深入，他们发现内幕越加扑朔迷离，首先是他们的房东遇害，接着马丁自己发现被人跟踪，而且他查出哈里死的时候还有个第三人在场。于是，一切关键就在于找出这个神秘的第三人。

　　Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) is a take-charge captain of industry who has worked his way up in a San Francisco steel company from a position as a sheet metal worker. He loves his wife Irene (Helen Walker) very much and they have planned a vacation drive together. Irene cancels at the last minute claiming a toothache, but asks that Walter drive her cousin Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett) as far as Illinois. Walter agrees and he and Jim take off together but later Jim knocks Walter unconscious and takes the car only to be hit himself by a truck and killed, his body burned beyond recognition. Walter comes to and suffering a concussion and deep confusion from feeling betrayed by Irene hides out in a small Midwest town until guilt and peer pressure force him to go back to San Francisco and tell his story to the Police. But by the time Walter returns to San Francisco a clever detective Lieutenant Quincy (Charles Coburn) has uncovered some facts about Irene and her cousin' Jim. The police have been holding Irene for the murder of her husband Walter but release her considering that Walter was hiding out because he had killed Jim. Along the way to uncovering the truth in Court Walter realizes some hard fact about what he holds valuable and the trust he has put in those around him.

　　拳击手大卫•科登（Jamie Smith 饰）独自住在一间简陋的公寓出租房内，窗户对面住着一个美丽的舞女格萝蕾拉（Irene Kane 饰），大卫渐渐为之所吸引。
　　某晚大卫比赛归来，突然发现格萝蕾拉正要被人强暴，他冲进去拯救了心上人。原来强暴者是格萝蕾拉所在夜总会的老板（Frank Silvera 饰），为了生计不得不忍辱负重。两个失意之人情谊相合，遂约定离开伤心地，寻找他们的幸福。大卫外出筹集旅费，而夜总会老板在得知格萝蕾拉即将离开的消息时勃然大怒，派出打手绑架了她……
　　本片荣获1959年洛迦诺国际电影节最佳导演奖。

　　Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.

　　一个漆黑的夜晚，私人侦探迈克在高速公路上遇到一个女孩拦车。这个女孩只穿着一件军用大衣，他把她接上了车。不久，他的车子发生了意外，冲出了路边。他在昏迷之中，听到了那个女孩被折磨致死。在被扔下悬崖大命不死后，他决心自己追踪那些凶手，而不顾重重的威胁和贿赂。在这个过程，他找到了很多离奇的线索，还有一位奇怪的女孩，最终面对一个致命的秘密。