Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and...
妻子的死给电视台王牌主播霍华德(彼得·芬奇 Peter Finch 饰)带来了沉重的打击,使他陷入痛苦和悲伤中无法自拔。电视台决定解雇已经无心工作的霍华德,霍华德的老朋友麦克斯(威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰)成为了传达这一噩耗的不二人选。得知自己即将被 解雇,为电视台做牛做马多年的霍华德十分愤怒,在第二天的节目上,他竟然向观众们预告,自己即将进行自杀直播。...