The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's household safe. The slatternly housekeeper, aware of the money, enlists a criminal acquaintance to crack the safe. She attempts to get into the adjacent room where the sisters tremble in fear, but finds that the door is locked. The drunken housekeeper menaces them by brandishing a gun through a hole in the wall.
Jim Kyneton, once a member of an outlaw gang, joins the Texas Rangers and is forced to track down his former friends and his half brother Nick, who have been robbing a gold mine.
When Bob Smith brings in the outlaw Bob Moore he learns his real name is also Bob Smith. With his sister whom he has not seen since childhood arriving, Moore gets Smith to pose as him. The masquerade works fine for a while but then Moore's gang members plan to kill him and Smith must save the brother of the woman he now loves.
丹尼·霍金斯的父亲因杀人而被判绞刑,他从而生活在心理阴影中。为了争夺女孩的好感而与人发生了争执,争斗中他意外杀死了对方,并且害怕通知警方。 他赢得了女孩的爱,但是当女孩试图影响他承认自己的罪恶时,他却逃走了。
无论驾驭何种类型片,霍华德·霍克斯始终遵循自己的艺术法则,这一点在其首部西部片中体现得尤为深刻。这部粗犷不羁又睿智犀利的作品,让约翰·韦恩迎来了演艺生涯的重要突破——他将一位饱经风霜、性情专横的得克萨斯牧场主演绎得入木三分。影片中,韦恩与初登银幕便光芒四射的蒙哥马利·克利夫特饰演的独立养子矛盾不断,在前往密苏里州的贩牛旅程中,两人的冲突逐渐升级为史诗级对决。本片改编自小说,其原型是十九世纪末沿奇泽姆牧道发生的真实远征,但霍克斯无意还原历史细节,而是着力颠覆那些驱动美国西部神话的男性准则。阳刚气概十足的韦恩与敏感稚嫩的克利夫特形成了奇妙而完美的反差,二者在层次丰富的机智对白与霍克斯精湛的导演调度下相得益彰。[标准收藏]
出生于长岛的白人青年尤金·马东(拉尔夫·马奇奥 Ralph Macchio 饰)在古典吉他的演奏上拥有极高的天分,但是他如此热爱蓝调布鲁斯,尤其对传奇黑人布鲁斯歌手罗伯特·约翰逊(蒂姆·罗斯 Tim Russ 饰)着迷不已。据说约翰逊生前曾录下30首歌曲,但只有前29首流传于世。为了找到那首失落的歌曲,他辗转找到约翰逊当年的搭档——前布鲁斯乐队“盲狗福尔敦”成员威利·布朗(Joe Seneca 饰),甚至不惜以勤杂工的身份进入布朗所在的养老院。通过音乐,一老一少拉近彼此距离,威利则瞅准时机让马东带他离开养老院。 他们即将启程前往盲狗福尔敦的发源地密西西比州,寻找曾与音乐家们做过交易的魔鬼,寻找那首失落的传奇之歌……
美丽的混血儿珀尔·查韦斯成为她已故父亲初恋的监护人,发现自己在两个儿子之间左右为难,一个是好的,另一个是坏的。