二战时期，英国皇家空军Peter（大卫·尼文 David Niven 饰）驾驶的飞机即将坠毁，他的战友Bob已经死亡。他联系上了美国波士顿的军事电台，向电台的女兵June（金·亨特 Kim Hunter 饰）交代了他的遗言。随后Peter在没有降落伞的情况下跳了机，落在了一个海上，意外活了下来。更在醒来的海滩上遇到了June，两人坠入爱河。而死去的Bob则去了天国，一直等不到Peter。天国派出了71号管理员来人间找回Peter，而Peter则不想死去。为了活下来，他必须在天国打赢一场官司，他可以挑选一名律师，这些律师都是那些死去的人，例如柏拉图、林肯等人，Peter能否赢得这场官司从而留在人间和June长相厮守呢？

Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.　　Blair then relates the following story After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair　　Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior　　As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to confess.　　The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.　　Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.　　To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.　　Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.　　Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.

加里·库珀似乎被误认为是一名原子科学家（阿尔瓦·杰斯珀教授），他被OSS派到欧洲去营救其他被迫与纳粹原子弹项目合作的科学ddd。在任务期间，他卷入了意大利的斗争，爱上了勇敢的吉娜（莉莉·帕默）。

伯利沙利文是个害羞的送奶工，他一不小心撞了醉酒的麦克法兰，一个冠军的拳击手，同时也是欺负伯利妹妹的人，两人争执起ccc。当地报纸报道了伯利沙利文的厉害，并附上了照片，所以俱乐部经理决定把伯利培养成拳击手。伯利没有意识到，他的对手已经要求对决，因为对手以为他真的是一个伟大的战士，同时伯利与漂亮的夜总会歌手波利普林格尔感情迅速升温。他可能会最终得到他应得的惩罚，如果他没有赢得这场对决。

Russell gives a moving performance as sister Elizabeth Kenny, the dedicated nurse who crusaded for the treatment of infantile paralysis. Academy Award Nominations Best Actress--Rosalind Russell.

这是第二次世界大战之后，导演黑泽明的第一部电影．以战时曾经引起轩然大波的京都大学教授龙川事件，鸠山文化部大臣军阀主义的盛行，而将鼓吹自由主义的京都帝国大学教授龙川开除，当时遭到京都帝国大学上下一致的反对。此外并以卓鲁格国际间碟事件做为背景，描写女主角幸枝于战争中所遭遇的种种，进而批判战争以及当时盛行的法西斯主义。片中后段描写决定独立的幸枝所遭遇的苦难，她跟随野毛之后，初尝爱情的幸福滋味，但好景不长，野毛由于暗地从事反战运动而终生入狱，幸枝也因此每天被特务逼问受尽屈辱。而担任此案件的检察官竟是当年的同学系川。幸枝被释放之后，回到野毛所深爱的故乡，与野毛的双亲一起渡日。日本在战败后，民主主义盛行，八木原教授又回到学校中，幸枝则决定从事农村文化运动。片中的幸枝并非日本过去的传统女性，而是经过战争及战争后的混乱期，终于找到自我，忠于自已意志的新时代女性。

故事发生在1945年，弗雷德（达纳·安德鲁斯 Dana Andrews 饰），艾尔（弗雷德里克·马奇 Fredric March 饰）和霍莫（哈罗德·拉塞尔 Harold Russell 饰）是三名刚刚走下战场的军人，即将回到久违的家乡，即将见到久别的亲人，虽然三人的境遇各不相同，但内心中的激动和忐忑却别无二致，分别在即，他么许下了再相聚的约定。　　丈夫艾尔的平安归来让米莉（玛娜·洛伊 Myrna Loy 饰）的内心陷入狂喜久久不能平静，带着已经长大成人的一双儿女，四口之家的未来幸福而又光明。弗雷德就没有这么幸运了，不仅父母的状况不容乐观，新婚的妻子也风流成性夜夜出没于欢场之中。对于霍莫来说，战争给自己带来的残疾成为了压在亲人和爱人肩上的重担，在自责和悔恨中，他终日闷闷不乐。约定的日子很快就到来了，此时的三人尚不知，这一次再会即将改变他们的命运。

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

本片以第二次世界大战末期，在意大利登陆的美军攻破德军防线为背景，导演以令人感动的场面把美军从南部攻到北部期间所引发的一些意大利民间故事编成一部有连贯性的社会写实的电影，画面上的真实感，给予人们非常大的冲击，创下了意大利电影的新潮流……大师罗西里尼的战后三部曲的第二部，第一部是《罗马，不设防的城市》，最后一部是《德意志零年》。作为新现实主义的奠基人，罗西里尼几乎不使用剧本，并明确拒绝使用摄影棚、服装、化妆和职业演员。影片由6个小故事组成，背景是二战后期盟军在意大利登陆后攻破德军防线，从南部向北部进攻期间引发的一些民间小故事。罗西里尼在摄影机前重现了美国大兵，游击队员、修道士，妓女，以及普通平民在那个烽火连天的岁月里的真实遭遇，影片穿插了很多真实的战争镜头，令观众感同身受。

苏珊娜于二战后返回从集中营回到已成废墟的柏林，却发现她的公寓里住了其他人，即汉斯•默滕斯医生。他被战争弄得消极不堪，酗酒成性。苏珊娜叫他离开，但对方不想走，于是他们在苏珊娜的公寓里合住起来，甚至开始对彼此产生好感，直至相爱。这稍稍鼓舞了默滕斯，然后他得知布吕克纳上尉还活着，并且就住在柏林。布吕克纳上尉在二战中是他的头头，他在圣诞节那天曾经下令杀害一百多条无辜性命，包括许多妇女和孩子……　　该片位列最伟大的一百部德国电影第六位。