嘉莉（珍妮弗·琼斯 Jennifer Jones 饰）出身于偏僻贫穷的山村，长大之后，她来到了繁华的大都市芝加哥，希望能够在这里过上自己梦想中的生活。然而，现实却是残酷的，拮据的经济让她不得不过着寄人篱下的日子。一次偶然中，嘉莉在火车上遇见了名为杜洛埃（埃迪·艾伯特 Eddie Albert 饰）的男子，杜洛埃多金又慷慨，嘉莉遂即同他开始了同居生活。...
Luis, 18, sees only one way to be able to provide for himself and his mother: training at Mexico’s national military academy. The rigid system of violence that is designed to turn him into the perfect soldier pushes him to his limits....
