鲍勃（洛克•哈德森 Rock Hudson 饰）是一个整日里游手好闲的花花公子。一次搭乘潜艇出海是，鲍勃遭遇了海难，警方带来了镇上的唯一一个人工呼吸器，救了鲍勃一名。但医院院长菲利普却在同时病发，因为没有呼吸器而死去了。得知 了这一消息，鲍勃感到十分内疚，他决定倾其所有来帮助菲利普的遗孀海伦（简•怀曼 Jane Wyman 饰）。
然而，菲利普的好意却意外的令海伦双目失明。鲍勃隐姓埋名陪伴在失明的海伦的身边，在不知道鲍勃的真实身份的情况下，海伦对鲍勃渐渐产生了好感。最终，鲍勃表明了身份希望海伦能够嫁给他，
An earthquake in the Salton Sea unleashes a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters. Discovering the creatures, a Naval officer and several scientists attempt to stop the monsters, but they escape into the canal system of the California’s Imperial Valley an
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice. He waits for him in his house and hangs him.
When he learns his days are numbered old count Hervé de Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to die there, just to annoy his heirs. As a result of his body not being found the latter will have to wait for five years until they can inherit the
