In California, a Mexican-American laborer is falsely accused of shooting the racist farmer he was working for after the farmer stiffed him with a bad check.

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.

At the Doll House, a 1930's New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the truth of her profession he triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young Kitty with whom he travelled from Texas and who is now the Doll House newest recruit.

亨利是一位身处危机的中年作家：已婚，育有四个孩子。多年前，他的作品获得了巨大的成功，如今却已不再辉煌。就在他评估自己的生活时，一条又笨又臭的大灰狗偷偷溜进了他们的房子。尽管全家人都试图将狗赶出去，可妻子无私的爱开始动摇——这只被他们称作“笨蛋”的狗即将成为亨利最好的朋友。