爱情是告白开始的

百万富翁让-马克-克莱蒙特得知在外百老汇将上演一场可能关连自己“时俗讽刺剧”，他来到了剧院，在那里遇见了正在排练的阿曼达。导演认为克莱蒙特是最适合在剧中出演“自己”的人选，克莱蒙特答应参加这次演出，只为能再次见到阿曼达……

Shipwreck survivors are found on Beiru Island (Infanto tô), which was previously used for atomic tests. The interior is amazingly free of radiation effects, and they believe that they were protected by a special juice that was given to them by the island's residents. A joint expedition of Rolisican and Japanese scientists explores Beiru and discovers many curious things, including two women only one foot (30 centimeters) high. Unscrupulous expedition leader Clark Nelson abducts the women and puts them in a vaudeville show. But their sweet singing contains a telepathic cry for help to Mothra, a gigantic moth that is worshiped as a deity by the island people. The giant monster heeds the call of the women and heads to Tokyo, wreaking destruction in its path.

孙晓鸥（王伟平 饰）和绿蝶（张琪 饰）是安琪儿剧团的演员。剧团里盛传闹鬼的传言，两人发现，别人口中的“鬼”，其实是当地富豪李宪臣（李志舆 饰）的女儿李晓霞（李芸 饰）。李晓霞如今疯疯癫癫，究其原因要追溯到她和曾经的名演员宋丹萍（翟乃社 饰）之间的一段爱情故事之中。李晓霞和宋丹萍和感情遭到了李晓霞家人的强烈反对，只因为宋丹萍是一名戏子，身份低微。为了破坏这段姻缘，李宪臣暗中找人向宋丹萍泼了碱水，导致宋丹萍毁容。绝望之中，宋丹萍投河自尽，李晓霞也疯了。实际上，宋丹萍并没有死，而是隐姓埋名在暗地里陪伴着李晓霞，宋丹萍希望孙晓鸥能够帮助自己治好李晓霞的疯病。

本片描写在美国的德克萨斯州，上了年纪的农场主和他的儿子赫德两代人的价值观和道德观有着明显的分歧，表现了美国具有反抗精神的现代青年的观念和生活状况。保罗·纽曼在此片中将罪孽深重的哈德，诠释得淋漓尽致，获得当年奥斯卡最佳男主角的提名，后来虽败给了西德尼·波蒂埃的《Lilies of the Field 》，但奥斯卡还是将最佳女主角颁给了帕德里夏·妮尔、茂文·道格拉斯拿下了最佳男配角，另外还获得了最佳摄影奖。