A story about the struggle of the International Ladys Garment Worker Union (ILGWU) to unionize a New York sweat shop, Roxton Fashions, in the Garment District. Lee J. Cobb plays Walter Mitchell the owner of a company that is determined to keep the union out of his shop. His partner does not agree, and only wants the workers to have a living wage. He dies in an accident. Kerwin Mathews palys his son Alan, who comes back to New York after a long absence. He does not understand his fathers angry resistance to t he union, and sympathizes with the union.
故事发生在充满了异域风情的马来西亚,莱斯利(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)在那里和丈夫罗伯特(赫伯特·马歇尔 Herbert Marshall 饰)一起经营着一间橡胶种植园,日子过得十分安逸。某天,罗伯特外出公干,留下莱斯利一人看家,哪知道很快,便传来了噩耗,莱斯利开枪将一个名叫大卫的男人给打死了,而莱斯利坚称大卫想要袭击她,她开枪杀人纯属自卫。
罗伯特相信了莱斯利所言,找到了律师霍华德(詹姆斯·斯蒂芬森 James Stephenson 饰)为妻子辩护,可是,让他们没有想到的是,大卫的妻子哈蒙德太太(盖尔·桑德加德 Gale Sondergaard 饰)手上握有莱斯利和大卫偷情的证据。
凯特(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)和帕特里希(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)是一对孪生姐妹,拥有一模一样的长相,就连亲生父母都很难分辨出她们究竟谁是谁。一位名叫比尔(格伦·福特 Glenn Ford 饰)的灯塔巡视员出现在了姐妹两人苍白的生命里,她们顿时双双坠入了情网,最终,比尔选择了帕特里希。为了忘记比尔,凯特开始投身于艺术创作之中。
一晃眼几年过去,凯特始终都没能忘记内心的悸动。一天,她和帕特里希出海航行,结果发声了意外,帕特里希被茫茫大海所吞噬。凯特幸运的逃过一劫,捡回了一条命,但她接下来必须将帕特里希的死讯告诉比尔。