足迹遍及全日本的寅次郎这次以为叔叔患上了重病，决定返回故乡柴又，暂住叔叔和婶婶家，当然又惹下了不少麻烦。在机缘巧合下，寅次郎搬进一家豆腐店居住，并对老板娘的女儿节子产生了好感。可惜节子已有心上人，寅次郎这次注定又要失恋了。

一战时期诗人西格夫里·萨松曾因在西线作战时的英勇表现而被授予勋章，他最令人难忘的作品是关于一战的诗歌，这些诗歌为他赢得了公众和评论界的赞誉。而当他独自提出反战抗议时，他成为了军队中持不同政见的焦点。

汉塞克（伯特·兰卡斯特 Burt Lancaster 饰）是一位小有名气的报纸专栏作家，老道的资历让他的手中掌握着不少的人脉与资源。苏珊（Susan Harrison 饰）是汉塞克的妹妹，某日，她同一位名叫史蒂夫（Martin Milner 饰）的爵士乐手相爱了，汉塞克十分瞧不上史蒂夫，觉得他高攀了苏珊，于是，狂妄自大的汉塞克决定不惜一切手段，也要将两人拆散。汉塞克找到了名叫西德尼（托尼·柯蒂斯 Tony Curtis 饰）的曼哈顿新闻代理，利用手段迫使西德尼成为了自己的“帮凶”，在两人的设计之下，苏珊和史蒂夫之间的感情出现了裂缝，两人最终分手。然而，心胸狭窄的汉塞克并不愿意就此放过史蒂夫，反而变本加厉，想要彻底毁掉这个年轻人。

Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war.Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose.The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away.Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.