米尔德丽德·丹诺克

故事发生在一座位于英格兰的小镇之中，康斯坦斯（拉娜·特纳 Lana Turner 饰）在经历了纷飞的战火之后终于回到了自己的故乡，她准备在这里好好地疗愈一下疲惫的心灵。虽然小镇表面上是一副风平浪静岁月静好的模样，但实际上，小镇内部的权利中心早已经烂透了。在明媚的阳光之下，无时不刻不发生着丑陋而又肮脏的勾当，权利、道德和法律实际上垄断在了有钱人的手中，他们不容许任何人侵犯这份自私的财产。　　一场谋杀案的发生将艾莉森（黛安·瓦西 Diane Varsi 饰）、赛琳娜（霍普·兰格 Hope Lange 饰）等人被卷入了权利旋涡的中心。

改编自田纳西·威廉斯的名剧，并由舞台剧原班人马合作演出，由手法谨慎的理查德·布鲁克斯导演，描述过气电影女星跟她的男朋友回到美国南部的故乡，希望利用她的美色和名气，狠狠地向当地的贪污镇长敲诈一笔养老金。本片探讨人心的险恶狡诈相当深刻有力，令人看后感到心寒。杰拉尔丁·佩奇、保罗·纽曼等一众演员均有上佳演出。

少女玛丽安在放学回家路上遭遇凌辱，离家出走。找到一份微薄工作。玛丽安孤僻性格受到同室之人冷漠应待，伤心之余想要跳河自杀，被路过的麦克所救。玛丽安暂避麦克居所，但麦克不给玛丽安自由，一而再再而三地向她求婚。玛丽安最终答应了麦克。玛丽安的母亲找来，母女团圆。　　该片根据亚历克斯·卡默的小说《玛丽安》改编。

小男孩哈尼在森林中漫步时，发现了他的父亲——哈利的尸体。不同于一般谋杀案，这次因为多人都自认为凶手而令案情更加扑朔迷离。亚伯特船长（埃德蒙•格温 Edmund Gwenn 饰）认为是他在打猎射击时误杀了哈利；村落里的老处女葛雷布礼小姐（麦尔翠德•耐维克 Mildred Natwick 饰）认为是因为她为了保住自己的名声而用一只鞋子打了哈利的头部而造成他的死亡；与哈利感情不睦的妻子珍妮佛（雪莉•麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine 饰）则认为是她因为反抗哈利的性爱用装牛奶的罐子敲向他的脑袋而造成了他的死亡。真相最后能否水落石出？

Living in Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, middle aged Archie Lee Meighan and nineteen year old Baby Doll Meighan née McCargo have been married for close to two years. Their marriage is not based on love, but each getting what they want from the other. Their marriage agreement has them consummating their marriage on her twentieth birthday, which is in three days, the act to which Baby Doll is not really looking forward. But she does taunt him and other men with her overt baby doll sexuality, the baby doll aspect which she fosters by sleeping in their house's nursery in a crib. Baby Doll's now deceased father allowed the marriage on the stipulation that Archie Lee provide Baby Doll financial security as displayed by the most resplendent house in the south. They currently live in a dilapidated mansion with her Aunt Rose Comfort, and although Archie Lee is making some renovations on it, he no longer has the financial means to make it what Baby Doll wants as his cotton ginning ... Written by Huggo