San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill me he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young dau...
改编自维克多.雨果(Victor Hugo)小说"笑面人(L'Homme qui rit,1869)"。
主人公格温普兰是贵族后裔,从小落入人贩子之手,被毁容摧残,脸上始终像在怪笑。好心的江湖艺人于苏斯把他收为义子,并把格温普兰从雪地上救起的盲姑娘蒂也收养了下来。他们几个四海飘泊,靠卖艺为生。后来由于偶然的因素和英国政坛的需要,格温普兰得以重获爵位,但他拒绝了这一肮脏的恩赐,宁愿回到他的患难伙伴那里;这时蒂已身患重病。在盲姑娘离开人世后,格温普兰悲痛万分,投海自杀。
Selina原本生活优裕。父亲过世后她被姨妈安排到乡下一所寄宿学校教书,从此便一直过着农民的生活。眼看着自己已无望出人头地,她只能把希望寄托于自己的儿子Dirk,还有自己寄住那家人的儿子Roelf身上……