Antonia, the pampered wife of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, an upper class wine merchant, tells her husband that she is in love with their best friend, the psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. Palmer and Antonia want to deal with the situation in a civilized way, by remaining friends with Martin. Meanwhile Martin tries to keep his mistress, Georgie Hands, a secret, but Palmer's sister, Honor K...
这个剧本是专门为著名演员费尔兹度身订造的。在北方某城巡回演出的杂耍女演员，劝说商贩不要把地盘让给扩大商店范围的生意人，这样的情节太平，既不新颖也不俏皮。费尔兹扮演杂耍女演员，德雷顿扮演交易所生意，费雯丽扮演他极其可爱的女儿。
故事发生在一间名为牙买加的海边客栈中，漂亮姑娘玛丽（玛琳·奥哈拉 Maureen O'Hara 饰）千里迢迢来到此地，探望她的姨妈，同时也是客栈老板娘佩西斯（Marie Ney 饰）。在途中，玛丽接受了一位名为汉弗莱（查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰）的男人的帮助，顺利到达了客栈。
玛丽玩玩没有想到的是，佩西斯的客栈早已经成为了海盗们盘踞的窝巢，而佩西斯的丈夫杰斯（莱斯利·班克斯 Leslie Banks 饰）正是海盗头子。更糟糕的是，看似善良的汉弗莱和海盗们同流合污，他们看中了玛丽的美貌，决定将她掳走。玛丽从海盗们手下救出了一位名为詹姆（罗伯特·牛顿 Robert Newton 饰）的男子，她的这一举动彻底的激怒了凶残冷酷的海盗们。
1919: the World War is over. Kay Conway celebrates her 21st birthday and all the family look forward with hope and confidence. Then Time begins to conjure with them and offers a dark glimpse of what the future could really bring.
