根据真实历史事件改编。1943年，在忍受了四年灭绝人性的摧残、杀戮之后，有血性的华沙犹太儿女终于揭竿而起，武装对抗德国纳粹的残暴统治……由于没走出犹太人隔离区，势单力薄兼武器短缺，起义终遭残酷镇压。其间一群支持并追随各自所爱男子为“捍卫犹太民族的荣誉”而战的犹太女子的勇敢、顽强尤其令人肃然起敬。二战犹太人题材电视电影经典片。美国导演乔恩·阿维奈（Jon Avnet）代表作。

高中生乔（汤姆·克鲁斯 Tom Cruise 饰）为学业所困扰，连春梦往往也以考试迟到作为结束，成绩不佳令他的大学前景堪忧，中产阶级父母则为他联系了普林斯顿大学的面试。在父母外出期间，乔与朋友们筹划赚钱项目，又因一场恶作剧阴差阳错结识了应召女郎拉娜，拉娜给予乔温存，却又把他卷入了一系列麻烦：家中失窃、皮条客驾车追逐……令乔焦头烂额，但在这诸多意外之中，乔与拉娜愈发亲密，并最终同意了拉娜的主意——在家中举办派对，通过为年轻人介绍应召女郎抽水盈利。于是家中无父母，屋宅变欢场，夜夜笙歌之时，普林斯顿大学的面试官突然到访，乔仓促应对，未知大学前途究竟如何？

贝丝被追挑起了家庭生活的重担，她深受的丈夫不幸去世职留下了可与贝丝相依为命的两个男孩和一屁股债务，母子三人只得搬去巴尔的摩开始了艰辛和困难的新生活，展开了一场和命运相抗争的打拼。。。。。。。。。

"The film centers on a family. Blaine (Paul Le Mat) lives with his senile father in a tumbledown shack on the edge of a small southwestern town, where Blaine repairs and installs CB radios. When Blaine isn't busy playing CB Vigilante, cutting off the kooks and crazies who misuse the airwaves, he is trying to win back his sweetheart, Pam (Candy Clark), a pretty gym teacher attracted to his staid brother, Dean(Bruce McGill). The development converges in the climax, when the old man, afriad that he's causing his family too much trouble, packs a suitcase and runs off, but loses his wayin a rainstorm. The two brothers and Pam come together to find him, calling for help on the radio. The town's CB users unite to comb the surrounding woods. finding Blaine's father alive and well