約翰（比利·查平 Billy Chapin 飾）和佩爾（薩莉·簡·布魯斯 Sally Jane Bruce 飾）是一對苦命的兄妹，他們的父親本（彼得·格雷夫斯 Peter Graves 飾）因搶劫和被判處絞刑。在被逮捕前，本把贓款藏在了佩爾的布娃娃里，并讓他們承諾永遠(yuǎn)不泄露這個秘密。本的獄友哈利（羅伯特·米徹姆 Robert Mitchum 飾）是一個敗絮其中的牧師，偶然間他得知了這筆贓款的去向，...

A lawyer whose wife has had an affair sets out to leave her by flying to LA. He becomes ever more involved in the lives of a few fellow travelers on a journey that ends up showing him as much about hi...