A sensitive writer from a small town faces spiritual crisis as he tries to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter. Charlie Pontus (Joseph Culp) wanders around Los Angeles torn between his efforts to sell a screenplay and find his next meal. His natural optimism keeps him afloat as he walks the tight-rope between his love for the beautiful, exotic Ylayali (Kathleen Luong) and his desperate connection to The Chief (Robert Culp), the Hollywood producer who has the power to give life or take it away. Stubbornly refusing to relinquish his principles, he sinks deeper and deeper into spiritual crisis, finally confronting God in a Jobian showdown.

足球天赋出众的工人阶层青年Jimmy,凭借在地区业余联赛的出色表现而得到了去谢菲尔德联队的试训机会.但一贯放浪不羁,蔑视权威的他,却因为试训前夜的醉酒而毁掉了这个可以使他通往光明前程的机会...