Sonia, a Russian dancer, comes to New York seeking her fortune. She marries Peter Derwynt, a young architect, but their marriage is not a good one. Sonia falls under the spell of a rich Broadway mogul, Jimmy Sutherland, whose wife is in love with Peter. The mix of relationships comes crashing apart when Sutherland ends up murdered.
两位单亲妈妈不期而遇并决定一起居住。碧翠丝(克劳黛·考尔白 Claudette Colbert 饰)是一位白人妈妈,有一天她在偶然之中尝到了黑人妈妈黛莉拉(路易丝·比弗斯 Louise Beavers 饰)做的煎饼,对此赞不绝口。因此,碧翠丝萌发了开设自己的餐饮事业的想法,并成为一位事业上非常成功的女强人。
然而,这两位母亲与她们的女儿之间的关系却变得十分复杂。碧翠丝和她的女儿杰茜(罗谢尔·哈德森 Rochelle Hudson 饰)爱上了同一个男人,这引发了一场亲情上的危机。另一方面,黛莉拉的女儿佩奥拉(弗雷迪.华盛顿 Fredi Washington 饰)对自己是黑人的事实拒不接受,这造成了更加紧张和激烈的局面,使得整个家庭陷入了一场亲情危机中。
A distinguished young Naval officer from a celebrated military falls prey to a terrorist and his seductress accomplice bent on destroying the Panama Canal.