一次偶然中,海伦(海伦娜·伯翰·卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰)和玛格丽特(艾玛·汤普森 Emma Thompson 饰)两姐妹结识了威尔克斯一家人。在威尔克斯家所拥有的霍华德庄园中,玛格丽特和威尔克斯太太(瓦妮莎·雷德格瑞夫 Vanessa Red grave 饰)的感情最为要好,海伦却在和保罗(Joseph Bennett 饰)的一段短暂恋情结束后离开了威尔克斯家。
威尔克斯太太死前将整个霍华德庄园留给了玛格丽特,亨利(安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰)隐瞒了这一事实,转而向玛格丽特求婚。离开了霍华德庄园的海伦遇见了名叫巴斯特(Samuel West 饰)的男子,两人相处融洽。玛格丽特再度见到海伦之时,她震惊的发现,尚未成家的海伦已有身孕,这样的海伦遭到了威尔克斯家大儿子查尔斯(詹姆斯·维尔拜 James ...
8-year-old Billie leans on her vivid imagination, and her loyal best friend Sherry, to unravel the web of secrets shrouding her mother's true identity.
A story about the struggle of the International Ladys Garment Worker Union (ILGWU) to unionize a New York sweat shop, Roxton Fashions, in the Garment District. Lee J. Cobb plays Walter Mitchell the owner of a company that is determined to keep the union out of his shop. His partner does not agree, and only wants the workers to have a living wage. He dies in an accident. Kerwin Mathews palys his son Alan, who comes back to New York after a long absence. He does not understand his fathers angry resistance to t he union, and sympathizes with the union.