流浪汉查理(查理·卓别林 Charlie Chaplin 饰)随队伍来到阿拉斯加淘金。他在一间小木屋里碰见了通缉犯拉逊,接着淘金人吉姆也闯进来,并抢走了拉逊的枪。拉逊出去找食物时发现了吉姆正在开发的金矿,于是他没回木屋。小木屋里,饥肠辘辘的查理煮了皮鞋充饥,饿的神智恍惚的吉姆却把查理想象成火鸡追杀。突然,一头熊撞进来,两人一起把熊打死,饱餐之后分道扬镳。吉姆发现了拉逊占了自己的金矿坑,拉逊将他打昏,不料却在逃跑时掉下深谷。
查理在小镇邂逅舞女乔治亚(乔治亚·黑尔 Georgia Hale 饰),帮她摆脱暴
Fifteen year-old Taylor Collins is a golf legacy. The son of a PGA veteran, the younger brother of a PGA rookie, he has all the talent in the world-but wants nothing to do with golf or the pressure of being the next in line. After Taylor purposely blows h