Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster's main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. In order to be even more efficient in his war against crime he plans to run for governor. One day he meets a strange, shadowy man, Nick Beal, who offers to help him to achieve his end. Beal convinces hesitating Foster by dint of easy money, easy sex with an alluring young woman and the promise of easy success. Joseph Foster soon becomes an influential politician but a corrupt one. A minister of God manages to show him that he has been the plaything of the so-called Nick Beal, who might be Old Nick , that is to say Satan himself. Foster then decides to resign and to become an honest man again.

过气演员诺玛（葛洛丽亚·斯旺森 Gloria Swanson 饰）已经将近50岁，曾经的风华绝代正在她居住的荒废豪宅里慢慢凋谢，身边只有好友马克思（埃里克·施特罗海姆Erich von Stroheim）伺奉。她没放弃重燃光辉的梦想，《莎乐美》的剧本正待编写，而逃避债务逃至此地的没落编剧乔（威廉·霍尔登 William Holden饰），正是这项事业的最佳候选。诺玛收留他住下，给他提供舒适的环境写作，并慢慢的倾心于他。但是，乔并不能接受这个青春已逝的妇人。他拒绝了她，并转过身和另一个美丽的女子谋划新的剧本，他们相爱，打得火热。　　诺玛得知了乔的“背叛”，她卑微地哀求他，却动摇不了他渐行渐远的心，诺玛终于举起枪对准正要离开的乔。

“二战”时期，盟军要实施安奇奥登陆计划，迫于对一门叫安奇奥大炮的超级武器的忌惮，要派两个精锐特工去摧毁这门大炮，结果两个傻逼被派了去，最后经过一连串搞笑事件，阴差阳错的最后完成了任务。　　片段一：德国人在北非布置了一个陷阱，准备了一幅假的防御工事地图让这二个士兵带回去。他们却阴差阳错的拿走了真的地图，最终赢得了战役。　　片段二：他们化装成管道工潜入德军在意大利的司令部，给他们卫生间的管道修得乱七八糟，把将军淋了个落汤鸡。将军去换衣服，拉开抽屉发现一套新的军服，于是洗头洗脸准备换上新军服的时候闭着眼把脸盆里的脏水倒进抽屉里了（柜子旁边有一个废水桶）。那个将军是最主要的一个配角，很有意思。到影片结束前1分钟，都没有一句台词。最后说了一句“谢谢”。　　片段三：德军有一门超级大炮俯视着联军将要登陆的海滩。这二个士兵居然化装成希特勒和随从，去视察大炮，把大炮炸掉了。　　In May 1943, two American soldiers, Joe and Frank, of Italian descent are searching the North African desert for a German general called Von Kassler, when they are captured by Von Kassler aide Inge Schultze who lets them escape with fake war plans, only Joe and Frank steal the real war plans which pave way for the Allied victory. Months later, the duo once again come up against Von Kassler when they are captured at Anzio and try to outwit the Nazis a second time