A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.

Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.

Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering alcoholics. His boss enlists his help to sober up his nephew, Boyd Copeland, who has married Lew's old sweetheart. Boyd, who is involved with a cabaret singer and the mob, presents quite a challenge.

经典老片，全70年代造型，菊花头喇叭裤开领衬衫。。。后来被Drew Berrymore拍成了电影，票房一片大好。
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该片改编自英国畅销作家佛瑞斯特的最得意作品，描写了18世纪末到19世纪初霍恩布洛尔船长的海上传奇，刻画了一位正直、勇敢、智慧、富有冒险精神并时刻反思人生的船长形象，该书的系列作品到目前仍受到霍恩迷的支持，在国外亦有专门的网站和讨论区交流此作品。喜欢冒险作品和航海迷的朋友不可错过。

本片由五个短片组成，改编自20世纪初美国著名短篇小说家欧·亨利O. Henry的五部短篇小说：The Clarion Call / 嘹亮的号角（1908年）、The Ransom of Red Chief / 红毛酋长的赎金（1910年）、The Gift of the Magi / 麦琪的礼物（1905年）、The Cop and the Anthem / 警察与赞美诗（1904年）、The Last Leaf / 最后的常春藤叶（1907年）

In London, a newly-wed American woman's sanity comes into question, when she claims to be the victim of a stalker.