朱妮（洛丽泰·扬 Loretta Young 饰）是美国最著名的“老姑娘”，一次偶然中，她和一位名叫提摩西（雷·米兰德 Ray Milland 饰）的男子搭乘同一辆车回城，没想到被记者拍到了，记者将他两误认为了夫妻，在报纸上大肆报道，很快便引起了轰动。 朱妮和提摩西发现，这一误会反而给他们带来了意料之外的福利，于是决定假扮夫妻维持这个谎言，可是，知道他们真正的生活在一起后才发现，两个人无论是生活习惯还是个性上都矛盾多多，在一次又一次的摩擦和争吵中，朱妮和提摩西都感到对方令自己难以忍受，可如今他们早已骑虎难下，两人该如何处理这段斩不断理还乱的关系呢？

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.

凯瑟琳（洛丽泰·扬 Loretta Young 饰）出生在一个平凡的农户家中，为了能够走进更高一层的阶级中去，凯瑟琳决定前往大城市学习医务护理以便成为一名护士。然而，梦想刚刚扬帆起航便遭遇了海啸，凯瑟琳的全部积蓄都被骗子骗走，她甚至要面临流落街头的悲惨命运。幸运的是，凯瑟琳看到了一则招聘广告，年轻的议员格兰（约瑟夫·科顿 Joseph Cotten 饰）正在为他的豪宅雇佣一名女佣，就这样，凯瑟琳去应聘了。 聪明可爱的凯瑟琳很快就赢得了格兰家人的信赖，她的出现给这幢死气沉沉的大房子带来了一丝快乐的意味。不仅如此，格兰也渐渐爱上了这个古灵精怪又诚实肯干的姑娘。

San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill me he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young daughter, Toya San who Sun has bequeathed to become his wife. Years later, when she becomes of age, she marries Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. When Wong learns Toya will be happier with Harry he allows them to leave. Still later Wong learns that Harry has been deported and since Toya could not prove she was married to someone else she too was deported to China. When Wong learns of this, he goes after them.

菲利克斯（威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰）是一名电影制片人，他倾尽所有拍摄了高成本的影片《夜风》，但首映式之后却收获了恶评如潮，不仅如此，他在片中担任女主角的妻子（朱莉·安德鲁斯 Julie Andrews 饰）亦离他而去，绝望之中，菲利克斯决定自我了断。 幸运的是，一个同事发现了菲利克斯的自杀念头，救下了他，为了帮助菲利克斯走出抑郁，同事和制片商们在菲利克斯家里举行了一场惹恼的派对，在此过程中，菲利克斯被激发了灵感，决定拍一部色情片，并且依旧是请自己的妻子出演女主角，这回真的是背水一战了。