A newspaper reporter stumbles upon German spies after a new alloy, an experimental metal that is lighter than aluminum but stronger than steel.
Arthur Ferguson Jones (Edward G. Robinson) and Wilhelmina Clark (Jean Arthur) work at the same accounting firm. Jones turns out to look exactly like the notorious bank robber "Killer" Mannion (also Robinson) and is apprehended by the police.
After his true identity is confirmed, the district attorney gives Jones a letter identifying him, so that he can avoid the same trouble in...
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper-box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin, luck is against him, and he is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse feed, but suddenly a pl...
赫特（杰弗瑞·林恩 Jeffrey Lynn 饰）、哈里（亨弗莱·鲍嘉 Humphrey Bogart 饰）和艾迪（詹姆斯·卡格尼 James Cagney 饰）都是曾经在第一次世界大战中为了国家抛头颅洒热血的军人，战争结束后，三个男人返回了他们平静的生活之中，可是，战争改变了太多，他们再也无法找回曾经的那些快乐日子了。
退伍后，脑瓜和嘴皮子都很伶俐的赫特成为了律师，老实本分的艾迪打算做一名出租车司机，踏踏实实赚钱，而花花肠子最多的哈里则成为了一名私酒贩子，因为这是当下最来钱的活计。很快，艾迪也入伙了，和他们一起行动的，还有史密斯（格拉黛丝·乔治 Gladys George 饰）。
乔治（詹姆斯斯图尔特 James Stewart 饰）在圣诞节前准备自杀，这时上帝传来旨意，派天使拯救他，并让他了解到自己一生的使命——拯救那些不幸的人。乔治小时候左耳有疾，在贝德福德镇上的一家药店帮工。他很机灵，深得老板器重，同时也很招女孩喜欢。某日，老板接到爱子死亡的电报，悲痛欲绝，配错了药，幸亏乔治才化险为夷。乔治从小嫉恶如仇，尤其看不惯富人专横跋扈。长大后，乔治一表人才，准备去读大学。这时，他的父亲去世了，他子承父业，协助叔父料理公司事务。然而公司经营状况不佳，在董事会会议上面临破产。如果公司破产，小镇将会有很多家庭陷入困境。乔治力排众议，说服了董事会，但是条件是他要担任董事会秘书长。这与他的大学梦相去甚远。而且，此时他还陷入了对一个女孩的爱恋之中……
