A nearsighted clerk gets fired after embarrassing mishaps. He mistakenly takes a gangster's raincoat, finds a gun inside, and is arrested as Public Enemy No. 1. Chaos erupts as both the police and the mob pursue him.

对于Cyclone号拖船的船长André Laurent (Jean Gabin) 以及一众船员而言，生活被海上的疾风暴雨与岸上的温暖家庭一分为二。某次惊险的出海，André拯救了魅惑的Catherine ( Michèle Morgan) 并为之倾倒。他无法自拔地远离了温柔却焦虑过度的十年发妻Yvonne (Madeleine Renaud) 。雅克·普莱维尔的编剧营造了出色氛围。本片对海上暴风雨的特技表现堪称四十年代的先驱。