Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.

A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.

Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.

剧情介绍：

一度迷茫的年轻人里克·马丁发现自己在音乐方面很有天赋，并且爱上了吹号。于是，传奇号手哈萨德将里克保护在了自己的羽翼之下，并将自己所知道的关于演奏的一切教给了里克。撇开生活中的其他事情，里克确实成为了一名颇有名气的号手，然而，他轻浮的性格和不顾与自己乐队的演奏步调一致的强烈表现欲却让他置身于麻烦之中。（神射/Easy-Sorcery）

◇幕后花絮：

纵观爵士乐史，黑人音乐家无疑占据了主导地位，然而，伟大的白人乐手也为数不少。1950年的影片《Young Man With a Horn》（持小号的年轻人）把白人小号手比克斯·柏德白克的传奇经历搬上了银幕，主演德科克·道格拉斯当年风华正茂，而且有着比克斯同样的嗜好：爵士乐和酒精。

◆演员列表：

劳伦·巴尔考 Lauren Bacall .... Amy North
Doris Day .... Jo Jordan
柯克·道格拉斯 Kirk Douglas .... Rick Martin
Louis Armstrong .... Himself (uncredited)
霍依基·卡迈克尔 Hoagy Carmichael .... Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby
Paul Brinegar .... Stage manager (uncredited)
Bridget Brown .... Dancing girl (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns .... First Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Frank Cady .... Hotel clerk (uncredited)
Hugh Charles .... Man (uncredited)
Dick Cogan .... Interne at Bellevue (uncredited)
Jerome Cowan .... Phil Morrison
Paul Dubov .... Maxie (uncredited)
David Dunbar .... Alcoholic bum (uncredited)
Ted Eckelberry .... Elevator boy (uncredited)