简介：Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners. A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson's interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey's protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining. Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey's young nephew John.
简介：苏利文是好莱坞以喜剧走红的年轻导演电影（乔尔·麦克雷 Joel McCrea 饰），但他不满现状，想将下个作品拍成反映社会底层困境的严肃题材。为了体验底层生活，他打扮成身无分文的流浪汉深入民间，但无论他怎么尝试，最后总是又回到了好莱坞。后来他遇到一个事业失败的女演员（维 罗妮卡·莱克 Veronica Lake 饰），让她上车搭了一程，却被误认作小偷送入了警察局。释放之后，苏利文听从女孩的建议，和她结伴一起流浪。这次，他真的成为流浪汉，吃剩饭，睡收容所。最终，苏利文觉得体验足够想要离开收容所时，却被贪婪的流浪汉击晕。一个被火车压死的小偷被误认是苏利文，所有人都以为他死了。与此同时，苏利文醒来之后失忆了，混乱之中打伤一个工人，被判入劳改所6年。他在狱中感受到笑声对他的重要性，当他恢复记忆后，他逐渐认识到喜剧能够带给穷人更多。但是，苏利文遇到了问题，他不...