An intelligent, eccentric high school senior devotes his life to indulging the every whim of the beautiful girl he adores in this quirky, dark-humored comedy. Roddy McDowall plays Alan Musgrave, an odd duck who immediately falls for the school's new student, Barbara Ann Greene (Tuesday Weld). Using his quick wits, he helps her win acceptance amongst the popular girls and a cushy job in the principal's office. Never demanding anything in return, Alan doesn't even complain when she falls for an upper-class college boy, and he does everything he can to bring the two together. However, as time passes, this seemingly well-intentioned dedication spins out of control, with results that become increasingly bizarre and even potentially fatal. The irreverent attitude and erratic tone may be an acquired taste, but the film's audacious humor and idiosyncratic approach have won it a cult following. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

伊万（阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰）是一名生活在纽约的剧作家，他所撰写的剧本就要开演了，最近，他为了工作的事情忙的焦头烂额，完全无暇顾及家里。伊万的妻子葛洛莉亚（塔斯黛·韦尔德 Tuesday Weld 饰）有着三任前夫，她和他们都生了孩子，再加上伊万的孩子伊吉（艾力克·古瑞 Eric Gurry 饰），伊万家中有五个小孩需要照顾。
伊万发现葛洛莉亚待在家里的时间越来越少了，每天都在外面逍遥，他知道妻子的“老毛病”犯了。葛洛莉亚无法忍受单调枯燥的婚姻生活，总是在安峰额几年以后就开始要想方设法的找点乐子。这下子，照顾五个孩子的重任全部堆到了伊万的肩上。

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

Theresa is a successful teacher of deaf children during the day but after a short unhappy affair starts to spend her nights cruising bars. Her craving first for sex but later also for drugs leads into increasingly demeaning and dangerous situations at odds with her daytime commitment to her children.

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.