Jake Cornell devoted his life to running the Seattle basketball team he inherited from his father, but his neglected marriage broke down and now his kids Barton and Alexandra side with mother Frances, who is determined to sell the ailing club. Jake can&am
Private investigator and former police detective Jack Ramsey is enjoying an affair with the local district attorney's wife, but when she is strangled not long after he has departed following a session of amorous activity.
拉里（杰森·罗巴兹 Jason Robards 饰）是一个性格十分暴躁的老头，拥有着面积高达一千英亩的艾奥瓦庄园，他将自己毕生的心血都耗费在了这片土地上，在庄园中，他就是说一不二的国王。
拉里有三个女儿，大女儿萝丝（米歇尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer 饰）和丈夫以及两个女儿生活在父亲的农场里，萝丝患有乳腺癌，并且坚信自己能够康复。二女儿金妮（杰西卡·兰格 Jessica Lange 饰）也和自己的丈夫住在这里，并且承担了农场里的大部分工作。小女儿卡洛琳（詹妮弗·杰森·李 Jennifer J
