哈瑞（理查德·威德马克 Richard Widmark 饰）是一位低微的皮条客，然而，他历来都没有满足于现状过，而是不竭地想找到可以发家致富的门道。一次有时中，哈瑞结识了名叫乔治（Stanislaus Zbyszko 饰）的摔跤运带动，两人一拍即合，决定构造一场摔跤角逐以谋取暴利。　　哈瑞找来了当红摔跤手史瑞乐（Mike Mazurki 饰）对阵乔治的手下…

Melodrama detailing the real-life love affair between feminist writer Vita Sackville-West (Janet McTeer) and novelist Violet Keppel (Cathryn Harrison) against the backdrop of post-World War I England and opposition by Vita's politican husband Harold Nicolson (David Haig). Vita and Violet's romantic relationship becomes…