这是一部典型美国英雄主义的影片。越战期间，许多像文森（安东尼•巴里奥 Anthony Barrile 饰）一样的怀有参战理想或各种不得不参战原因的年轻人来到了空降师，他们虽然同属一支部队，但是由于当时种族歧视盛行，部队里的气氛并不是那么和谐。
这天，空降师接到了一个任务，就是攻占阿士谷937山丘。当文森所在的空降部队降落到指定地点时，他们发现防守的北越军队在这里已经整装待发。于是，一场异常艰巨的拉锯战打响了。北越军人数上占了很多优势，美军伤亡惨重，但为了完成任务，原本互相心存芥蒂的不同人种的美军士兵都抛开
A film version of a play Fassbinder directed in Hamburg, Clare Booth Luce's "The Women". It gave Fassbinder an opportunity to indulge his passion for working with women - there are forty women in the play and no men.
When FBI Agent Zack Stewart is killed, Agent John Ripley takes over the three cases he was working on, hoping one will lead to his killer. The first involves gangster Joe Walpo and Ripley finds his hideout through Joe's girl friend, Connie An
