查理(哈威·凯特尔 Harvey Keitel 饰)和意大利移民朋友们混迹在纽约曼哈顿的下东区,没有固定职业,靠着替黑手党卖命混口饭吃。查理的好友乔尼(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰)欠了黑市商人迈克尔的钱,却无力偿还,整日被追债。查理与乔尼的表妹特丽莎真心相爱,但是特丽莎希望他能离开这种不稳定的生活,去寻找新生活。迈克尔因为找乔尼要不到钱而恼羞成怒,查理为了帮乔尼摆平此事,承诺他会尽早还钱。在酒吧里,迈克尔发现乔尼已经穷到极致,根本就不可能还钱时,两人扭打在一起。失控的乔尼拔枪瞄准迈克尔,逼退了迈克尔。为了躲避迈克尔的报复,查理、乔尼、特丽莎三人决定躲到乡下去,他们在开车去看电影的路上,一辆汽车从后面追上来。车里正是迈克尔,他拔出手枪向三人的车子开火。汽车被撞翻了,受伤的三人,艰难地从车中爬出,面对茫茫黑夜,他们发出了无望的哭喊。
Two rustic families, headed by patriarchs Laban Feather and Pap Gutshall, are feuding. At first, it is comical, with just the sons of the two families playing tricks on each other. But soon the Feather boys decide to kidnap a girl. She turns out to be innocent bystander Roonie Gill, not the made-up girlfriend "Lolly Madonna." As events escalate, Zack Feather and Roonie fall in love and try to bring the others to their senses. Will Roonie discover Zack's dark secret, the reason for the painful feud between the two families which once were close friends?
The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers (Rose and Pierre) have a link with the murder.
卢克领导着一个诈骗集团在芝加哥附近的约里埃特行骗。这天,手下人向他交了一大笔刚刚骗了的钱。不久,卢克就遭到了谋杀。原来,这笔钱是芝加哥的黑社会头目朗尼根(罗伯特•肖 Robert Shaw 饰)刚刚收回的赌款,正是这笔钱令卢克引火烧身。 胡克(罗伯特•雷德福 Robert Redford 饰)是卢克的一个手下,卢克平日待他如亲生儿子一般,生前就想把他介绍到芝加哥的好友骗术大师冈多夫(保罗•纽曼 Paul Newman 饰)处学艺。胡克发誓要给卢克报仇,于是前往芝加哥寻找冈多夫。胡克顺利找到了冈多夫,听闻这次的对头是朗尼根,冈多夫马上摩拳擦掌。于是,一个天衣无缝的行骗计划开始了!
Olaf and his mother run a boarding house and a white slavery ring. They also smuggle heroin to keep the addict girls happy so they do not try and escape. A young couple move into the house and the evil landlords take a liking to the female.
建筑师John Baxter(唐纳德·萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland 饰)与其妻子Laura(朱莉·克里斯蒂 Julie Christie 饰)育有一男一女。有一天,女儿莫名其妙地溺水身亡。Laura沉浸在悲痛中。John因为工作原因,带着Laura来到威尼斯,进行一个教堂的修缮工作。在那里,Laura认识了两个老妇人,里面有一个盲人,据说能通灵,能看见Baxter夫妇的女儿。Laura晕了过去,醒来之后却摆脱了女儿死亡的阴影。通灵的老妇人告诉Laura,如果John继续留在威尼斯的话,会有危险。Laura劝John赶紧离开,John却不相信所谓通灵,继续留在威尼斯进行工作。果不其然,John在工作中发生了意外,而他们在英国读书的儿子病倒了。Laura急忙搭飞机回国,而John却在威尼斯发现Laura跟那两个老妇人在一起。发生在威尼斯的这个故事变得越来越扑朔迷离......本片在Time Out 2011“史上最佳100部英国电影”中排名第一。