克里夫和查克一起从狱中开释回到社会，克里夫已经金盆洗手，此时他只想过上正凡人的通俗生存，但他没法抵抗查克的诱惑又从新回到犯法团伙中，当他赚够了让弟弟成婚和买仓库经商的钱后他此次筹算永远从黑帮中隐退，但又一次他为体会救困境中的查克时，让他走上了不回路。

约瑟夫（吉恩·凯利 Gene Kelly 饰）是一位水兵士兵，一场不测中，他救了一个名为克莱斯（弗兰克·辛纳特拉 Frank Sinatra 饰）的汉子。约瑟夫的勇敢壮举让他获取了为期四天的休假，这也就意味着，约瑟夫毕竟可之前往好莱坞，往见一见在那边的远离已久的女同伙了。　　约瑟夫想要和女友享用一段甜美的二人时光，可克莱斯却死皮赖脸的跟在他的身…

Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster's main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. In order to be even more efficient in his war against crime he plans to run for governor. One day he meets a strange, shadowy man, Nick Beal, who offers to help him to achieve his end. Beal convinces hesitati…