Squibs, a cockney flowerseller with a father overwhelmed by gambling debts wins through with the help of assorted friends and a romantically inclined policeman.

本片描述一个美国大学生在驰名四海的大学生城——牛津遇到的厄运。而这一切都归咎于这位美国人在一个注重传统而又保守的国家中仍然保持天真无邪。当然，对于老英国的讽刺是一点也不尖锐的，虽然主人公利·谢里登由于误会而被迫离开了大学。影片结束时，真相大白，谢里登在仇人的情夫受到其丈夫的追踪时，叫她躲在自己的住所。后来他又参加了四对桨划船比赛，帮助牛津的选手战胜了来自剑桥的对手。
这部片子使费雯丽摆脱了天真少女的角色框框，扮演了一位有性格的人物，对这种人物来说，外貌并没有多大意义。满头卷发、浓妆艳抹的她，此番不是以美丽取胜，而是以一个轻浮的小市民的鲜艳形象引人注目。这个女人活泼自然，热爱生活，厚颜无耻之中又带有天真无邪。

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.