志怪性质的武打片，片中女主角在和男人上床后会变成螳螂怪把男人杀死，所以很多强暴她的恶棍都被杀了，但是遇到一个她喜欢的也不得不杀死。黄色毛绒绒的外形突然跳出来还是吓了一下。

解放前夕，国民党当局为阻挠中国人民解放军解放大西南，派员率土匪头目瞿天华之女瞿湘玉亲临湘西地区，重金收买当地土匪集团，建立“反共复兴基地”。解放军某部营长吴波奉命率部进驻凤山县，开展“清枪挤匪运动”。不料，带头交枪的贫农何长山被枪杀，师部宣传队员遭匪帮袭击遇难，吴波外出途中也遭土匪伏击。

富有的密西西比种植园主人“大老爹”（伯尔·艾弗斯 Burl Ives 饰）正准备庆祝他的六十五岁生日，他的两个儿子库珀（杰克·卡森 Jack Carson 饰）和布雷克（保罗·纽曼 Paul Newman 饰）各自带着媳妇前往参加生日聚会。然而“大老爹”并不知道的是，自己身患癌症将不久于人世。大儿子库珀身为律师并管理着大笔产业，他与妻子梅（马德琳·谢伍德 Madeleine Sherwood 饰）已经生了几个孩子，急切地希望继承父亲的百万财产。相较于哥哥生活的完美幸福，曾为足球明星的布雷克却是整日沉溺在酒精中无法自拔。自从一年前他的老友自杀，他便拒绝与贤妻玛姬（伊丽莎白·泰勒 Elizabeth Taylor 饰）同房，原因就是他怀疑玛姬与老友有染。对一切失去信心的布雷克开始质疑生活的意义。本片改编自由田纳西·威廉斯创作的同名戏剧，荣获1959年包括奥斯卡金像奖、美国电影金球奖及英国电影和电视艺术学院奖在内的11项提名。

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.