After secret agent Michael Scarn (played by Scott) is forced into retirement due to the death of his wife Catherine Zeta-Scarn, the President of the United States of America (played by Darryl Philbin) requests that he prevent Goldenface (played by Jim Halpert) from blowing up the NHL All-Star Game and killing several hostages. Scarn goes undercover and learns how to play hockey, killing another hockey player (played by Oscar Martinez) to make it into the game, but after confronting Goldenface, he is shot. He later recuperates but learns that the President was in on it all along. Depressed, he goes to a bar to drown his sorrows. The patrons of the bar sing a song called "The Scarn" which he danced to with his wife, which cheers Scarn up immensely. With his courage restored, Scarn is able to save the day and blow up Goldenface in the process.

电影讲述了内尔（玛丽莲·梦露 Marilyn Monroe 饰）的生活，她在埃迪叔叔（小伊莱沙·库克 Elisha Cook Jr. 饰）的帮助下找到了一份在酒店照顾客人孩子的工作。内尔一直渴望有一份工作，因此对埃迪叔叔表达了深深的感激之情。尽管外表温顺、乖巧，内尔的内心却受到珠宝首饰和漂亮衣服的强烈吸引。在照顾小女孩后，内尔被女主人的珠宝和衣物深深吸引。然而，这一幕被和女朋友闹别扭的飞行员杰德（理查德·威德马克 Richard Widmark 饰）误解，他看到内尔在窗户对面翩翩起舞。随后，杰德发现内尔的精神有问题，埃迪告诉他内尔的过去，她的男朋友曾死于空难，这一打击使她精神错乱。经过三年的医院治疗后，内尔刚刚出院，家人希望通过将她送到纽约来让她融入新的环境。然而，令人遗憾的是，她的病情并没有好转，表现出行为不端和暴力倾向。

这部电影是一部浪漫情节喜剧，包括两组朋友，一对女大学女生和一对来自校外的男朋友。然而在后半部分，它变成一个沉闷的家庭情节剧。影片的开场在网球场上开始，几个青春活力的年轻人在球场上拼杀。林青霞和陈秋霞洲打网球时认识秦祥林和谭咏麟。镜头一转，到了室内。年轻人开始轻松的攀谈。

盖茨家族是出名的冒险家家族。本（尼古拉斯?凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰）小时候就获悉了他们家族的一个惊天秘密：美国开国时埋藏国家财富的地点就藏在《独立宣言》中。尽管父亲不想盖茨家族在纠缠于国家宝藏，但本还是与电脑高手雷利（贾斯汀?巴萨 Justin Bartha 饰）一起开始了寻宝行动。本的寻宝计划很快陷入了僵局。与此同时，英国富豪伊恩（肖恩?宾 Sean Bean 饰）也盯上了这个宝藏，他派人潜入了美国国家图书找寻《独立宣言》中宝藏的秘密并密谋对付本。图书馆的艾比嘉尔博士（戴安?克鲁格 Diane Kruger 饰）获悉了伊恩的险恶用心后，决心帮助本找到国家宝藏……