故事发生在位于英国的一座小小村庄之内,女佣朵拉(梅尔·托特纳姆 Merle Tottenham 饰)和她的雇主布拉姆森夫人(梅·惠蒂 Dame May Whitty 饰)生活在一起,朵拉的男友丹尼(罗伯特·蒙哥马利 Robert Montgomery 饰)深得布拉姆森夫人的信赖,虽然夫人的侄女奥利维亚(罗莎琳德·拉塞尔 Rosalind Russell 饰)一直告诫姑母要多多提防这个年轻的小伙子,但布拉姆森夫人显然听不进去她的忠告。
布拉姆森夫人的律师贾斯汀(艾伦·马歇尔 Alan Marshal 饰)给布拉姆森夫人带来了一笔钱,夫人将这笔钱存进了自己的保险箱里,这一举动被丹尼尽收眼底。一个可怕的阴谋在他的脑海里成型了。
In the Mohave Desert, Olga runs a gas station, lunch counter, and auto camp with her younger sister Myra. In a 24-hour period, Olga must deal with Myra's desire to go to a town dance with a cad, the appearance by happenstance of George, an old boyfriend whose conduct is never above suspicion, and the overnight presence of two women recently divorced in Reno, who, with a chauffeur, are carrying valuable jewels. George gets wind of the jewels and plays with Olga's heartstrings to set up a robbery. Myra arranges to sneak off with her beau. It's hot, and the heat lightening is crackling on the horizon. Is Olga's life of peace and hard work in the desert about to change for the worse?
Malvís (Alfredo Landa) is sick of working like crazy for nothing. He'd rather become a bandit, that's much better, he's gonna be the fearful Fendetestas! He'll spread panic in the woods of his region. But there's a little problem: there aren't much people living in his region, everyone knows everyone and everyone is so poor, so is gonna be difficult that someone takes Malvís/Fendetestas too seriously.
This is a magic history, so funny, and full of situations that will make you laugh. It's also full of characters that belong to the Spanish idiosyncrasy: the strict priest, the Guardia Civil, the old devout women, the village idiot... there's even a lost soul wandering around the woods.
The great Alfredo Landa heads a cast that gathered together the best two generations of Spanish scene: from Fernando Rey to Encarna Paso, from Manuel Alexandre to María Isbert... A cast like that would be just unthinkable nowadays. "El Bosque Animado" was the first movie of José Luis Cuerda's trilogy of rural comedies (after this one he made the surreal "Amanece Que No Es Poco", and "Así En El Cielo Como En La Tierra". Those are movies so personal that stress the Spanish culture. The young directors should take note of films like "El Bosque Animado", instead of trying to be the new "enfant terrible" and imitating US worst cinema.
Astronomer Bill Whitley is so preoccupied with the new comet he's discovered that his time at the observatory sometimes comes at the expense of his beautiful wife, Vicky. When the neglected spouse becomes influenced by an eccentric neighbor into believing in the power of astrology, she subscribes to a weekly horoscope from a phony seer, the appropriately named Margaret Sybill. When the beautiful Mrs. Whitley reads that a new dream man will be coming soon into her life, she assumes he's taken the form of Lloyd Hunter, a handsome and dashing foreign correspondent who doubles as the neighborhood air raid warden. A frantic Bill realizes that he's going to have to keep closer track of his earthbound heavenly body if he's going to keep the prediction from becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 millio
立志当人类历史上第一位宇航员的丹•米尔顿•普雷斯科特(比尔•艾德华斯 Bill Edwards 饰)驾驶代号Y-12的宇宙飞船前往太空,在进入外太空的一刹那,他因为过于兴奋而忽略了总部的命令,最终导致飞船失控。飞船坠入大气层,与总部失去联系。不久,国防部的人找到飞船残骸,而惹出祸端的丹却在女友处潇洒快活。
丹的特立独行给国防部高层留下极深的印象,他们顶住各方压力,仍然决定派遣丹驾驶Y-13再次前往太空。当达到600’000尺的高度时,丹的老毛病再次复发。他不顾总部的命令,直线冲入外太空。结果飞船失控,受到宇宙粉尘袭击,最终爆炸。国防部找到飞船遗骸,却未见到丹的身影。随后不久,一个恐怖嗜血的生物开始在城市中出没……