过气演员诺玛(葛洛丽亚·斯旺森 Gloria Swanson 饰)已经将近50岁,曾经的风华绝代正在她居住的荒废豪宅里慢慢凋谢,身边只有好友马克思(埃里克·施特罗海姆Erich von Stroheim)伺奉。她没放弃重燃光辉的梦想,《莎乐美》的剧本正待编写,而逃避债务逃至此地的没落编剧乔(威廉·霍尔登 William Holden饰),正是这项事业的最佳候选。诺玛收留他住下,给他提供舒适的环境写...
Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster's main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. In order to be even more efficient in his war against crime he plans to run for governor...