亨利（埃德蒙·戈温 Edmund Gwenn 饰）和女儿西尔维娅（凯瑟琳·赫本 Katharine Hepburn 饰）一起过着相依为命的日子。受生活所迫，亨利挪用了公款无法还债，东窗事发之后，他和女儿一起隐姓埋名踏上了逃亡之旅，途中，为了隐藏身份，西尔维娅女扮男装，易名赛尔维斯特。 在逃亡途中，亨利和西尔维娅结识了名为吉米（加里·格兰特 Cary Grant 饰）的男子，吉米也是一个骗子，气味相投一拍即合的一行人结为了旅伴。之后，提尔特（娜塔丽·帕蕾 Natalie Paley 饰）也加入了他们的行列，好笑的是，虽然朝夕相处，但没有一个人能够识破西尔维娅的伪装，直到一位名为迈克尔（布赖恩·艾亨 Brian Aherne 饰）的艺术家出现了。

故事发生在位于英国的一座小小村庄之内，女佣朵拉（梅尔·托特纳姆 Merle Tottenham 饰）和她的雇主布拉姆森夫人（梅·惠蒂 Dame May Whitty 饰）生活在一起，朵拉的男友丹尼（罗伯特·蒙哥马利 Robert Montgomery 饰）深得布拉姆森夫人的信赖，虽然夫人的侄女奥利维亚（罗莎琳德·拉塞尔 Rosalind Russell 饰）一直告诫姑母要多多提防这个年轻的小伙子，但布拉姆森夫人显然听不进去她的忠告。 布拉姆森夫人的律师贾斯汀（艾伦·马歇尔 Alan Marshal 饰）给布拉姆森夫人带来了一笔钱，夫人将这笔钱存进了自己的保险箱里，这一举动被丹尼尽收眼底。一个可怕的阴谋在他的脑海里成型了。

这部改编自舞台剧的影片《玫瑰舞后》描述对舞台表演有高度热忱却生不逢时的玫瑰，把她一生的梦想寄托在小女儿琼身上，从小带着她到处登台，想栽培她成为大明星，但厌倦母亲管束的琼却和男友私奔了。玫瑰转而将希望寄托在大女儿露易丝身上，但为现实所逼，露易丝却沦为红牌脱衣舞女。另外有1993年翻拍的同名电影《玫瑰舞后》。

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？

消失数月的王牌女记者希尔迪·约翰逊（罗莎琳德·拉塞尔 Rosalind Russell 饰）来到上司沃尔特·伯恩斯（加里·格兰特 Cary Grant 饰）办公室桌前，打算辞职去结婚。沃尔特当然不希望这样的事情发生，而更重要的是两人曾经是生活在一起的夫妻。在沃尔特眼中， 希尔迪是最得力的记者搭档，而希尔迪却更多期待着平静的婚姻生活。虽然两人已经离婚，但沃尔特仍然深爱着希尔迪。 一桩引发纽约城全程轰动的死囚越狱事件，让两人又开始了密切接触。最先抢到头条消息的希尔迪，在沃尔特的劝说下，决定与他合作完成最后一个报道。而不曾想的是，在种种意外情况的发生后，希尔迪渐渐发现自己已经无法离开沃尔特。

Astronomer Bill Whitley is so preoccupied with the new comet he's discovered that his time at the observatory sometimes comes at the expense of his beautiful wife, Vicky. When the neglected spouse becomes influenced by an eccentric neighbor into believing in the power of astrology, she subscribes to a weekly horoscope from a phony seer, the appropriately named Margaret Sybill. When the beautiful Mrs. Whitley reads that a new dream man will be coming soon into her life, she assumes he's taken the form of Lloyd Hunter, a handsome and dashing foreign correspondent who doubles as the neighborhood air raid warden. A frantic Bill realizes that he's going to have to keep closer track of his earthbound heavenly body if he's going to keep the prediction from becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Evelyn Prentice is the respected wife of a high-profile New York attorney. Despite the prestige and status she enjoys, she feels neglected and out of boredom becomes involved with an unscrupulous womanizing poet, who gives her the attention she craves. She eventually finds herself a victim of blackmail and becomes involved in his murder. When another woman is accused of the crime, she begs her husband to defend her.

Norman Taylor is a successful young professor, married with Tansy Taylor. He is a very skeptical man, while his wife believes in magic and witchcraft. One day, he finds lots of amulets and witchcraft in his house, and he decides to destroy all of them. His wife gets scared and advises him that he destroyed all the protection their home and lives had against the evil of envious and wicked persons, including some of his colleagues. Norman in principle does not have faith in her, but many strange events happen with him, and he changes his mind

Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced. Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair: Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior: As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess." The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida. Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death. To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels. Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown. Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.

Russell gives a moving performance as sister Elizabeth Kenny, the dedicated nurse who crusaded for the treatment of infantile paralysis. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actress--Rosalind Russell.

卡洛琳·班德（Hope Lange）是一个刚毕业不久、在纽约打拼的女大学生，她进入费边出版公司担任秘书职位，并在那里认识了同样身为秘书的格雷格·亚当斯（Suzy Parker）和阿普里尔·莫里森（Diane Baker），格雷格和阿普里尔都很喜欢卡洛琳，于是邀请卡洛琳搬进她们的公寓，三个女孩就这样生活在了一起。卡洛琳的上司阿曼达·法罗（Joan Crawford）因为怀疑卡洛琳企图取代她的位置，所以一直百般刁难卡洛琳，然而卡洛琳自己却计划男友艾迪·哈里斯（Brett Halsey）一从欧洲回来便与其成婚，然后从公司辞职彻底投入家庭主妇的生活，但天不遂人愿的是艾迪在欧洲与其他女人成婚，伤心不已的卡洛琳只好全心投入工作之中，她和编辑迈克·莱斯（Stephen Boyd）的感情也因此变得越发复杂。阿普里尔是个天真单纯的女孩，刚一入公司就遭到了上司沙利马尔先生(Brian Aherne)的性骚扰，但却反而与其成为朋友，后来偶然间她认识了富二代德克斯特·基（Robert Evans）并与其交往，她幻想着与之成家立业却未料到自己所托非人。格雷格一直努力想要成为一个女演员，她偶然认识了导演戴维·塞维奇（Louis Jourdan）并与之谈起恋爱，有了塞维奇的帮助她以为自己已经可以全心追求演艺事业便放弃了秘书的工作，却未想到厄运已经就此埋下祸根。