A British secret agent in Germany takes a job as the assistant to an elderly lighthouse keeper, planning to make his escape with some valuable documents when a British boat arrives to pick them up.
This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930's has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers (preceded by a flock of sheep - subtle). The Stormtrooper go about teaching and enforcing 'The New Or...
Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to starts working for the Hawlett Trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too less runs in a day You're out. Red is the most experienced trucker, he can do 18 runs in a day. Tom soon makes friends with Lucy, the secretary, and Gino, a ...
乔(劳伦斯·哈维 Laurence Harvey 饰)出身卑微,为此,他一直感到十分自卑。可是,这样的乔却偏偏爱上了大企业家的女儿苏珊(海瑟·西尔斯 Heather Sears 饰),身份的巨大悬殊令这段感情注定得不到祝福。为了阻止这段感情,苏珊的父亲为苏珊安排了同她门当户对的结婚对象,乔为此感到万分屈辱。
美艳的女演员爱丽丝(西蒙·西涅莱 Simone Signoret 饰)出现在了乔的身边,两人的关系逐渐亲密,可这任然无法填补乔内心的空虚。乔深知身份和地位的重要,为此,他重新回到了苏珊的身边,希望能够借此挤入上流社会,最终,苏珊的父亲拗不过女儿的执着,答应了这门婚事。惨遭抛弃的爱丽丝失去了全部的希望,与一场意外中不幸身亡。