绝世风流小农民

Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.

George Washington McLintock, "GW" to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. He anxiously awaits the return of his daughter Becky who has been away at school for the last two years. He's also surprised to see that his wife Katherine has also returned. She had left him some years before without really explaining what he done but she does make the point of saying that she's returned to take their daughter back to the State Capitol with her. GW is highly respected by everyone around him including the farmers who are pouring into the territories with free grants of land and the Indians who are under threat of being relocated to another reservation. Between his wife, his headstrong daughter, the crooked land agent and the thieving government Indian agent, GW tries to keep the peace and do what is best for everyone.

西奥多（贾斯提斯·史密斯 Justice Smith 饰）是一位非常忧伤的年轻人，脑子里整天都徘徊着自我了断的糊涂念头，也有几次，西奥多试图将自杀的想法转变成为现实，但每到这个节骨眼上，总会发生一些事情阻碍西奥多踏进另一个世界的步伐。维奥莱特（艾丽·范宁 Elle Fanning 饰）的姐姐去世了，和姐姐感情十分要好的维奥莱特陷入了痛苦和抑郁之中。正在念书的她迫不及待的期盼着毕业季的到来，如此一来，她就可以彻底逃离令她感到窒息的印第安纳小镇，逃离姐姐的死带给她的阴影。这样的两个年轻人，一次偶然之中，他们在钟楼上相遇了。西奥多发现，这个可爱率真的女孩能够令自己卸下假面和心房，维奥莱特亦觉得，和西奥多在一起的每分每秒，时间不再那么令她感到难熬。

故事发生在1909年的美国，西丽（乌比·戈德堡 Whoopi Goldberg 饰）和南蒂（阿科苏阿·巴西亚 Akosua Busia 饰）是一对情同手足的姐妹，虽然作为黑人女性她们必须面对残酷的现实，但有了彼此的陪伴，尚可苦中作乐，直到西丽被迫嫁给了黑人男子亚伯特（丹尼·格洛弗 Danny Glover 饰）。亚伯特性格粗暴，对于他来说，西丽比一个女佣好不了多少，动辄拳打脚踢，他真心爱着的是一个远在他乡的叫做夏戈（玛格丽特·艾弗瑞 Margaret Avery 饰）的女演员。南蒂前来陪伴西丽，亚伯特却因强暴她未遂而将她赶出家门，这一别，西丽彻底的失去了南蒂的音讯。在苦闷的生活中，女人们试图挣扎和抵抗，但最终无一例外的都屈服于歧视和强权之下，夏戈的到来改变了这一切，她独立坚强，从不因为自己女性的身份而有所畏惧，她的乐观给了西丽反抗的勇气，终于，她拿起行李离开了亚伯特，成立了自己的裁缝店，生意红火。而突然有一天，南蒂和自己幸福的家庭再一次出现在了西丽的眼前，出现在了那篇紫色的花海之中。