妻子的死给电视台王牌主播霍华德（彼得·芬奇 Peter Finch 饰）带来了沉重的打击，神级视使他陷入痛苦和悲伤中无法自拔。电视台决定解雇已经无心工作的霍华德，神级视霍华德的老朋友麦克斯（威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰）成为了传达这一噩耗的不二人选。得知自己即将被 解雇，为电视台做牛做马多年的霍华德十分愤怒，在第二天的节目上，他竟然向观众们预告，自己即将进行自杀直播。霍华德的这一出格举动惹恼了电视台的高层，更让一直对麦克斯心存不满的总裁弗兰克（罗伯特·杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰）发现了找茬的机会。在隔天的新闻直播中，霍华德理应按计划对自己的不慎言行做出道歉，可是恼羞成怒的他却大放厥词，将矛头直指当代美国的种种弊端。女制片人戴安娜（费·唐纳薇 Faye Dunaway 饰）从霍华德的一系列行为中看出了商机，她买通了弗兰克，成为了霍华德背后的推手。
回复 :从近处看，米克尔似乎在欲望的笼罩中四处走动：找到他失踪的猪，获得生物学证明，在菜子沙漠中打破孤独。 但是，更进一步，米克尔似乎反而吸引了保罗。
张美娜
回复 :一个从未有过性高潮的30岁单身女性终于找到了她的理想情人，但唯一需要注意的是，他并不生活在现实世界中。
回复 :San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill me he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young daughter, Toya San who Sun has bequeathed to become his wife. Years later, when she becomes of age, she marries Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. When Wong learns Toya will be happier with Harry he allows them to leave. Still later Wong learns that Harry has been deported and since Toya could not prove she was married to someone else she too was deported to China. When Wong learns of this, he goes after them.
