Jim（詹姆斯·迪恩 James Dean 饰）因为在学校里无法与其他同学共融，迫使他的父母只能多次搬家，这一次他们来到了洛杉矶。在洛杉矶的一所高中里，他仍旧遭到了同学的排斥，但认识了他心爱的女生Judy（娜塔利·伍德 Natalie Wood 饰）；交到了他真正的朋友 Plato（萨尔·米涅奥 Sal Mineo 饰）。在Jim和当地小混混头目、也是Judy的前男友Buzz一系列的纠纷中，两人最终决定以赛车来定胜负。而在比赛中，Buzz不幸坠入悬崖身亡。Buzz的兄弟们试图找Jim报仇，在两方的对抗中，Plato被警察意外枪杀，使这部影片留下了一个悲剧性的结尾。而Jim和Judy的命运又将何去何从？

罗拉与女儿苏西之间因母亲专注于事业，而与女儿缺乏沟通，导致两母女同时爱一个男人的悲剧；而她们在海边遇到的另一对黑人母女则有着不同的故事，黑人母亲安妮因为混血女儿始终不肯承认自己是黑人的事实，而悲伤矛盾，但是安妮这个善良的女人始终等待其女儿的回头，只是子欲养而亲不待。

普里斯特法官是一位自豪的南部邦联老兵，他运用自己的常识和伟大的人性在战后肯塔基州的一个小镇上恢复了正义。

At the bottom of the depression, Tom's mother has been out of work for months when Ed's father loses his job. Not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomore's decide to hop the freights and look for work. Wherever they go, there are many other kids just like them, so Tom, Ed and now Sally stick together. They camp in places like 'Sewer City' as long as they can until the local authorities run them off. They travel all over the mid west and when they get to New York, Ed thinks that they may finally find work. Written by Tony Fontana {tony.fontana@spacebbs.com}

Bosko and Honey perform a wacky stage act that includes doing imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Greta Garbo and Jimmy Durante.