The young Marie, daughter of a Thuringian glassblower, violates all traditions after the death of mother and father. To feed herself and her sisters, she became the first female glassblower in the small town of Lauscha in 1890, and her artful glassy Christmas balls find themselves in America.
因盗窃罪被判入狱五年的Tony(吉恩·塞维斯 Jean Servais 饰)出狱了,他的朋友Jo(Carl Möhner 饰)想和他再去盗一个珠宝店,被Tony拒绝了。Tony想找回他以前的女友Mado,然而此时Mado却和另一个黑帮老大Grutter在一起。Tony很气愤,打了Mado,并且决心重新赢回Mado。于是他答应了Jo,并联合Mario和César一共四人展开了盗窃珠宝店的行动。行动实施得非常顺利,César还拿了一个钻石戒指送给他的女友Viviane。Viviane是Grutter的酒吧里的女歌手,Grutter发现了这个戒指,认为Tony和César是盗窃者;同时,Mado提出要离开Grutter,Grutter知道是因为Tony的缘故,于是派人去杀死Tony...... 本片根据法国作家Auguste le Breton's的同名小说改编。
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.