莱昂内尔·杰弗里斯

马吕斯（豪斯特·巴奇霍兹 Horst Buchholz 饰）是一个十九岁的年轻人，这个年纪的人往往会对未来充满了期望和希冀，但是马吕斯和他们不同，马吕斯的父亲经营着一家咖啡馆，而马吕斯之后的人生，几乎都被他的父亲给规划好了。　　马吕斯渴望大海，希望能够做一名自由自在航行的水手，经历了种种的波折和挫折后，马吕斯总算即将实现他的梦想了。可是，在出海的前一天，一个名叫芳妮（莱斯利·卡伦 Leslie Caron 饰）的女孩向马吕斯吐露了爱意，马吕斯也同样非常的喜欢芳妮，在这个女孩和自己的梦想之剑，他必须要做出选择。而芳妮同样也面临选择，她是否该放弃自己的爱情，成全所爱的男孩呢？

When William Gridley arrives from the US in London, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. Gridley doesn't know that many people think she killed her husband but his boss, the American ambassador, knows and doesn't take this lapse of judgement lightly. Since Carly is also American, Gridley saves his job by introducing her to the ambassador, who is promptly smitten and promises to help her. So when a Scotland Yard detective arrives, wanting to get to the truth one way or another, they say they'll help him. And then the comedic complications really begin.