作家梅尔文（杰克·尼科尔森 饰）是一个脾气古怪的强迫症老头，没有家庭也没有朋友，整天关在屋里写他的第二十六部小说，生活如时钟般精准，受不了一点的打扰。梅尔文的邻居西蒙（格雷戈·金尼尔 饰）是年轻的同性恋画家，养了一条可爱的小狗，生性活泼，脾气温和，经常受到梅尔文的侮辱 。梅尔文每天只出门一次，到同一家餐厅吃饭，餐厅女招待卡罗尔?康奈莉（海伦·亨特 饰）是唯一愿意而且能够为他服务的人。离了婚的卡罗尔与儿子斯潘塞住在一起，斯潘塞患有严重的哮喘病，这使得许多对卡罗尔有意思的男子知难而退。一天，西蒙的住所遭到抢劫，西蒙身受重伤，住院前，将小狗托付给梅尔文照料，梅尔文渐渐喜欢上了这个小家伙，心理也发生了变化，开始关注周边的世界，主动帮助别人，认真审视自己对卡罗尔的好感……

1960年代初期，国内外敌对势力针对我国三年自然灾害带来的困难，展开了反华大合唱，并对我国实行全面经济封锁。钢铁厂炉长赵四海（于洋 饰）在党委书记王坚（郑大年 饰）支持下，承接了我海军特种合金钢的生产任务，他带领攻关小组日以继夜地试炼，决心炼出“争气钢”，打击“帝修反”。厂长白显舟（温锡莹 饰）却迷信外国专家，想用进口合金来完成冶炼，暗藏的阶级敌人应家培（张雁 饰）也借机进行破坏活动。由于试炼炸炉，老工人田师傅（娄际成 饰）受了重伤，白显舟趁机让赵四海停职检查，赵四海和广大工人对白显舟的错误决定展开了针锋相对的斗争，最终“争气钢”出炉了......

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In court for murder, Professor Moriarty is released seconds before Holmes arrives, too late, with vital evidence. Free again Moriarty vows to Holmes that his next crime will be so fiendish and amazing that Holmes's reputation will be finished. Moriarty sets about a fiendish plot involving the crown jewels and a series of mysteries to distract Holmes's mind.I enjoy most of this series as they all seem to run to the same formula. Here the plot goes back to basics and adds more of the mystery and less of the comedy. The plot is an enjoyable battle of wits between the two great minds. The downside is that the side-mystery that Moriarty sets up takes up the majority of the time and the two don't cross swords as well as they do in a gentlemanly beginning. The mystery surrounding Miss Brandon works OK but not really great as you know the whole time who is behind it and why. The jump to the crown jewels is too easily made and is a bit of a letdown.The comedy is less evident than usual but is still there. However it is overwhelmed by the more serious side. Bruce still does well but I was glad that he stood up to Holmes more than usual – telling him off for treating him like a child and such like. Rathbone is a good Holmes but his logic was off here and I wasn't as impressed by him as I usually am. Zucco is an interesting foil, but doesn't get enough time to work here. Lupino in an early role is interesting but a little too heavy and tads to overplay her tension a bit.Overall this is an OK addition to the series. The plot is reasonable but focuses too much on the diversion than the central characters and the reduction in comedy makes it feel a lot heavier than usual.