Charlie is an expert bricklayer. He has lots of fun and work and enjoys himself greatly while at the saloon. As he leaves work his wife takes the pay he has hidden in his hat. But he steals her purse so he can go out for the evening. He has a terrible time getting home on a very rainy night. When he does so he finds his wife waiting for him with a rolling pin.

圣诞节前夕，一名衣着暴露的独身女子在酒店高层房间中神情恍惚，她来到阳台上，翻身坠落……刚过50岁生日的黑人警员罗杰（Danny Glover 饰）负责此案，他发现坠楼女子是自己越战时的搭档麦克之女。警局派遣瑞格（梅尔·吉布森 Mel Gibson 饰）协助罗杰，瑞格能力卓越，但是最近陷入失去妻子的悲伤心境中无法自拔。这对新搭档很快就为瑞格解决问题的莽撞方式大吵，或许正如瑞格所说，这是一座疯狂的城市，人人都试图自杀。随着调查不断深入，罗杰与瑞格发现坠楼事件背后的真相超出了他们的控制：原来美国中情局在越战时成立特种部队，针对越共的毒品交易进行渗透、破坏，战后，这批特种兵利用当年的交易网大肆贩毒，而麦克由于妨害毒品集团利益遭到杀害。罗杰与瑞格虽然找到了方向，但是将毒品集团捣毁显然困难重重。

美国女作家Shirley Jackson的短篇《摸彩》的电影版。Shirley Jackson's superb short story "The Lottery" has been filmed three times, most notably in 1969 as an acclaimed short film which director Larry Yust made for an Encyclop?dia Britannica educational film series. The Academic Film Archive cited Yust's short as "one of the two bestselling educational films ever".Larry Yust's short film, The Lottery (1969), produced as part of Encyclop?dia Britannica's "Short Story Showcase" series, was ranked by the Academic Film Archive as "one of the two bestselling educational films ever". It has an accompanying ten-minute commentary film, Discussion of "The Lottery" by USC English professor Dr. James Durbin. Featuring the film debut of Ed Begley, Jr., Yust's adaptation has an atmosphere of naturalism and small town authenticity with its shots of pick-up trucks and townspeople in Fellows, California.

巴特勒（巴斯特·基顿 Buster Keaton 饰）是衔着金汤匙出生的富家公子，打小就过着养尊处优的生活，培养出了一副骄纵蛮横的性格。巴特勒的父亲觉得这样下去不行，于是将儿子送进了山里，要求他在那里打猎钓鱼，锻炼心性。十指不沾阳春水的巴特勒哪里会打猎钓鱼？虽然已经进山很久，但他依然颗粒无收，反倒是邂逅了一位山里的姑娘（萨丽·奥尼尔 Sally O'Neil 饰）。巴特勒被这个姑娘迷得神魂颠倒，对她展开了热烈的攻势，可是，苍白又瘦弱的他显然并不能够令姑娘的家人们满意，他们强烈的反对两人的婚事。巴特勒灵机一动，冒名顶替了和自己同名的拳击冠军的身份。