故事发生在第二次世界大战刚刚结束之后，一切都是百废待兴的样子。士兵查尔斯（范·强生 Van Johnson 饰）在完成了自己身为一名军人的使命之后，决定留在巴黎，进军文艺界，成为一名作家。在巴黎，查尔斯邂逅了海伦（伊丽莎白·泰勒 Elizabeth Taylor 饰）和玛丽安（唐娜·里德 Donna Reed 饰）姐妹两，很快，查尔斯便和海伦坠入了爱河，两人结为夫妻，并且有了他们爱情的结晶。
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After committing a series of multiple murders, a neurologist visits an incarcerated killer, living in exile. She studies him and his brain and discovers the horror that lurks behind his violent impuls...