清晨的纽约街头，相貌清丽的女子霍莉（奥黛丽·赫本 Audrey Hepburn饰）在橱窗前徜徉，她就是纽约上流社会的交际花。对金钱和物质的崇拜，同时却不失天真善良的霍莉，就像是纽约的“茶花女”，靠着每小时五十、一百的费用来获得交际收入。在她心里，还有一个重要的目标，那就是嫁得金龟婿。
霍莉的新邻居是一个作家保罗（乔治·佩帕德 George Peppard饰），梦想着成名，却也是依靠富太太的供给度日。遇见霍莉的保罗堕入情网，千方百计让霍莉过回正常生活，并向她求婚。然而，霍莉似乎并不愿意，在她心中，嫁给这么一个人，放弃她之前的努力，未免太不值。然而，霍莉在寻找幸福路上跌跌撞撞，直到有一天才突然明白了幸福的含义。

根据美国作家楚曼卡波堤著名的报告文学拍摄而成。导演采取黑白纪录片式的纪实手法，忠实地观察可以说是一个极其详尽和细腻的犯罪个案纪录。两名冷血罪犯如何在一个堪萨斯州的农家犯下冷血的灭门血案，直到两人被警方逮捕直至处刑。

本片根据亨利·詹姆斯的小说《螺丝在拧紧》改编而成。19世纪末，美丽的女教师吉登斯小姐（黛博拉·寇儿Deborah Kerr 饰）来到乡下庄园照顾雇主的侄女弗洛拉（帕米拉·弗兰克林Pamela Franklin 饰）和侄子迈尔斯（马丁·史蒂芬斯 Martin Stephens 饰）。不久，吉登斯小姐发现自己常看到奇怪的影像，仿佛房子被鬼魂纠缠，孩子们也被魔鬼附体，说出或做出过分成熟诡异的话语或行动。管家格罗斯太太（麦戈斯·吉肯斯 Megs Jenkins 饰）向她透露，这一切可能与已故的前家庭教师及总管的地下恋情有关。吉登斯小姐不顾一切想将孩子们从魔鬼的掌控中营救出来，但她所看到的鬼影是否可能只是她自己的幻觉呢？
本片获法国嘎纳电影节金棕榈奖提名，并获英国电影电视协会最佳英国电影和最佳电影两项提名。

据国外媒体报道，斯嘉丽·约翰逊跨界当导演将执导改编自杜鲁门·卡波特的小说《夏日的跨越》（Summer Crossing），影片将由曾凭借《猎鹿人》获得奥斯卡奖的Barry Spikings和Peter D.Graves监制，还将与杜鲁门·卡波特文学基金合作。
杜鲁门·卡波特出生于新奥尔良，曾就读于康涅狄格州格林威治高中和特里尼学校。他十七岁时就开始在《纽约人》杂志工作，并开始撰写小说。他先后发表了《蒂凡尼的早餐》、《凶杀》等多部畅销小说。《夏日的跨越》是杜鲁门·卡波特在20世纪40年代创作的作品，讲述了纽约正处在二战后的创伤恢复期，一个18岁的女孩从她富有的，压抑的家庭中挣脱出来，找到自己定位发掘自己个性的故事。

玛丽（珍妮弗·琼斯 Jennifer Jones 饰）在意大利度假时邂逅了名为乔班尼（蒙哥马利·克利夫特 Montgomery Clift 饰）的男子，两人之间相互吸引，很快就走到了一起，相互陪伴度过了快乐的两天。然而，快乐的日子都是短暂的，玛丽即将离开意大利前往巴黎，乔班尼劝说玛丽留下来，留在他的身边，可是固执的玛丽却去意已决，这让乔班尼非常的愤怒，他失手打了玛丽。
悲伤的玛丽准备搭上前往巴黎的火车，就在火车快要开动的时候，乔班尼出现了，他不顾危险穿越轨道来到玛丽的身边，他的举动感动了玛丽，两人重修旧好。虽然错过了这一班火车，但下一班火车很快就来了，留给两人的时间越来越短了。

After his mother's death, Collin Fenwick goes to live with his father's cousins, the wealthy, avaricious, and controlling Verena Talbo, and her compliant, earthy sister Dolly. When a city slicker comes to town and convinces Verena to market Dolly's locally-famous tonic, Dolly finally gets some backbone, refuses to divulge the formula, and heads for a tree house with Collin and Catherine, the loyal maid. Verena, who has most of the town in her pocket, sics the law on the renegades. Dolly, Catherine, and Collin find a supporter in a retired judge, Charlie Cool, who's attracted to Dolly. Will Verena's venom win out? And what about that city slicker?

A quartet of international crooks -- Peterson, O'Hara, Ross and Ravello -- is stranded in Italy while their steamer is being repaired. With them are the Dannreuthers. The six are headed for Africa, presumably to sell vacuum cleaners but actually to buy land supposedly loaded with uranium. They are joined by others who apparently have similar designs.

Mrs Miller has lived a solitary but contented life since the death of her husband. By chance at the local cinema, Mrs Miller meets Miriam, a young girl with the same name who pretends to be with her to gain entry. After a series of disturbing events Miriam arrives late one night at Mrs Miller's apartment with a suitcase informing her she has come to live with her. Terrified, Mrs Miller rushes to her neighbors for help. They check her apartment but there is no sign of Miriam or her suitcase. Has Mrs Miller imagined it all? Who is Miriam, the child who threateningly demands 'Kiss me goodnight!'.

Mrs Miller has lived a solitary but contented life since the death of her husband. By chance at the local cinema, Mrs Miller meets Miriam, a young girl with the same name who pretends to be with her to gain entry. After a series of disturbing events Miriam arrives late one night at Mrs Miller's apartment with a suitcase informing her she has come to live with her. Terrified, Mrs Miller rushes to her neighbors for help. They check her apartment but there is no sign of Miriam or her suitcase. Has Mrs Miller imagined it all? Who is Miriam, the child who threateningly demands 'Kiss me goodnight!'.