Stanley Crane is working at his grocery when Mrs. Verber comes in with a badly bruised face. Stanley's wife Dorothy believes that Mr. Verber hits his wife, and is having affairs with other women. Back at home, the Cranes hear the Verbers having a violent argument in the apartment above theirs. The next day, when Mr. Verber is missing, and soon afterward a detective starts poking around the apartment building, the Cranes can't help suspecting the worst.

1951 film by Otto Preminger

罗克·赫德森是个性温厚的德州牧场主人，他从东部娶了漂亮的伊丽莎白·泰勒回来。詹姆斯·迪恩是个个性倔强的长工，却渐渐暗恋上这个女主人。后来他获赠一块荒地自行开垦，不料因挖出石油而成为富甲一方的石油大亨。直至下一代成长起来，他跟罗克的家族仍然纠缠不清，因为他无法用金钱弥补内心的空虚。

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.