A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.

Bitter over their divorce, a wealthy businessman prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She then takes him to custody court and a judge tries to determine what will be best for the child.

名流仕绅菲利普先生的妻子，虽住在气质幽雅的乔治安园，但她的真面目只有菲利普先生知道。为了减轻和伊娃同住一屋檐下的痛苦，菲利普只好酗酒；当伊娃得知菲利普的妹妹将下嫁她曾爱过的男人，她不惜破坏一切只求昔日人重回她身边。不料，她做得太过火……

Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson Thacker who has managed to pilot his small boat into the city's harbor. At this point the tensions rise between the three, particularly between Thacker, who is white and Burton, who is black.