一个带着赃物逃跑的凶残小偷迫使一个贫穷的牧场主引导他穿过沙漠进入墨西哥。陪同他们的是牧场主的妻子，她恰好是凶手的前女友。

南北战争期间，联邦间谍安德鲁斯被要求带领一队联邦士兵进入南方，以便摧毁铁路系统。然而，当他们偷的火车的列车长抓住他们，并竭尽全力阻止他们时，事情并没有按计划进行。根据真实故事改编。

In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.

J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.

J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.

本片以两支船队在佛罗里达西部岸竞争为背景，讲述了发生在两个敌对家庭的年表人之间一出罗密欧与朱丽叶式的爱情故事。作为好莱坞第一部水下拍摄的电影，本片荣获了奥斯卡最佳摄影提名，影片中展现的维京群岛迷人的热带风情，绝美的海洋景色和深海章鱼大战的情景，更是令人难忘。

美国内战结束后，曾经的陆军上校约翰和战友詹姆斯代领两队人马横穿墨西哥无人区，但均被匮乏让他们寸步难行，最后约翰只能把随从的马匹带到不受欢迎的墨西哥人那换钱，每头35美元成交。而此时詹姆斯答应代领这些墨西哥人逃离此地，生活在这里的墨西哥人内战爆发后被美国发横财的暴发户整得苦不堪言破产无家可归，他么渴望离开这里开始新的生活。正在这时这些美国来的强盗再次肆虐当地，约翰和詹姆斯凭借他们俩在军队中的经验战胜了强盗，带着墨西哥人奔往新的生活。

1909年，约翰·芬恩（John Fain）的帮派劫持了“大个”杰克·麦坎德利斯（Big Jake McCandles）的孙子，向后者索要赎金，“大个”杰克必须孤身拯救自己的孙子。