故事发生在第二次世界大战期间，美国飞行员大卫（哈里森·福特 Harrison Ford 饰）被派往英国伦敦驻守，在战乱中，大卫邂逅了名为玛格丽特（莱斯利-安·唐恩 Lesley-Anne Down 饰）英国护士，美丽又温柔的玛格丽特一下子就俘获了大卫的心，虽然玛格丽特已经有了自己的家庭和孩子，但这并没有成为他们两人继续来往的阻碍。
玛格丽特的丈夫保罗（克里斯托弗·普卢默 Christopher Plummer 饰）在英国情报处工作，在一项特殊的任务中，他受命潜入德军总部，而大卫此时也正在执行轰炸德军总部的任务，两人相遇了。在并不知道彼此的真实身份的情况下，大卫和保罗成为了这场行动中唯二的幸存者，他们必须相互合作彼此帮助才能够顺利的完成任务。

可爱的训狗师埃里克斯(派屈克·福吉特饰)爱上聪明有才华的女人凯瑟琳(詹妮弗·莫里森饰)，两人本到谈婚论嫁的地步，可是他们却开始反思他们的未来。

Beginning its several incarnations as an Ingmar Bergman film named Smiles of a Summer Night, the story was adapted by composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim into a successful Broadway musical directed by Harold Prince. This film, also directed by Prince, is adapted from the stage musical. In the movie, in the early 1900s, a group of friends bound together by complicated romantic entanglements, have come together for an elegant dinner at a country estate. The men present are the current, previous, or prospective lovers of the beautiful actress, Desiree (Elizabeth Taylor), and the other women are all united by their jealousy of her. Sadly, Desiree herself wants to simplify things and settle down -- she envies the wives. The adapted score later won an Oscar. The musical's well-known songs include Every Day a Little Death, A Weekend in the Country, and You Must Meet My Wife. The most famous song from the musical, Send in the Clowns, is sung here by Elizabeth Taylor. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.