Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.

China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city's cemetery to a plot owned by a high official, assassinate him, and blow up the whole Cuban hierarchy at the ensuing state funeral. Together with a band of dedicated revolutionaries, they begin digging.

Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.

The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, killing 13 and wounding many others.

The swishing fop Don Diego de la Vega becomes the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro when tyranny threatens his people in nineteenth-century California.

A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.

Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the Rhys brothers, Mike decides to take his men to the dangerous 12-mile reef to dive for more sponges. Mike suffers a fatal accident when he falls from the reef leaving Tony to carry on the business. But now he has a companion, Gwyneth Rhys.

1932 film by John Francis Dillon

在墨西哥湾一个叫拉巴斯的沿海渔村里，青春年少的拉蒙和他的几个好伙伴再也不满足于只在岸上修船补网的活计，而要拜师学艺，渴望能像父辈们一样潜入海底，采珠捕鱼、养家糊口。虽然潜水是一个非常危险的职业，但看着一天天长大的儿子，身为船长的父亲拉加斯还是把拉蒙托付给了值得信赖的索托洛斯老人。
索托老人的潜水训练方法独特而要求严格，拉蒙很快就掌握了全部的要领，在短时间内达到了索托老人的潜水标准。一天，索托老人随村民上山寻找羊群后，拉蒙再也按捺不住对渔村边一个岩洞的好奇。尽管索托老人临走前再三嘱咐，但拉蒙还是划着小船，进入了索托老人所说的“海魔王”栖身的岩洞。
在岩洞的深处，拉蒙潜入海底后发现一个巨大的牡蛎，并从捞出海面的牡蛎中取获了一颗硕大的黑珍珠。索托老人的忠告没能让拉蒙把黑珍珠归还给“海魔王”，而被拉蒙带回家的黑珍珠让父亲拉加斯觉得这是一个发大财的机会。然而，面对三个贪婪狡诈的买主，拉加斯把黑珍珠交给了神父，希望神父将黑珍珠供奉在圣母玛丽亚的塑像前，并以此寻求出海后的护佑。供奉在圣母玛丽亚塑像前的黑珍珠没有给父亲的船队带来福音，相反，在父亲率队出海后，整个船队除摩尔一个人得以生还外，其他人全部葬身于飓风掀起的海涛之中。父亲的死让拉蒙认为这是没有把黑珍珠归还给“海魔王”的缘故。当拉蒙偷出黑珍珠并准备扔回大海时，尾随而来的摩尔在争夺黑珍珠时随浮出海面的“海魔王”一起葬身海底。黑珍珠最终还是回到了拉蒙的手中。为了纪念和父亲一起葬身大海的村民，拉蒙将黑珍珠以高价卖出后，为村民们换回来一个新的采珠船队。
精彩视点：
本片是美国1978年出品的一部影片，由号称“西部片明星”的吉尔伯特·罗兰德担纲主演。作为好莱坞的早期明星，吉尔伯特·罗兰德出演了近百部影片，主要作品包括：《失落世界》、《万事如意》、《十二英里礁石下》等。除此之外，影片中五彩斑斓的海底世界也是本片的看点之一。