吉姆（理查德·贝斯哈特 Richard Basehart 饰）是议员的儿子，亦是家里万贯财产的继承人。早年间，他和一个名叫桑德拉（芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰）的神秘女人结了婚，如今，桑德拉成为了吉姆唯一的财产继承人。为了交涉遗产事宜，桑德拉来到了吉姆家中，见到了吉姆的弟弟马克（埃罗尔·弗林 Errol Flynn 饰），这个行为怪异鬼鬼祟祟的男人带给了桑德拉极为深刻的印象。　　吉姆的妹妹朱莉（杰拉尔丁·布鲁克斯 Geraldine Brooks 饰）对自己的哥哥也没有好话，这更加深了桑德拉对马克的怀疑，不久之后朱莉意外身亡，这更令桑德拉坚信，这个家庭里发生的一连串的悲剧都和马克有着千丝万缕的关联。

　　故事说的是一对在杂耍剧院表演的贫穷夫妇，男的生性嫉妒；女的却又偏怀野心，经常梦想着一天能出人头地。一次有位富商邀请该女子去拍电影，实质上想暗中勾引她；丈夫得知后妒火顿生，便痛斥富商的淫亵，扬言要杀掉富商解气。谁知就在他尚未动手之际，富商却已遭人暗杀，丈夫由此惹上官司。这对落难鸳鸯又该如何脱身？

　　本片被认为是Ealing Studios出品的非喜剧作品中最优秀的一部，以黑色电影的手法刻画了伦敦东区工人阶级的浮生一日，堪称是激进现实主义（kitchen-sink）作品的先驱。2008年，在纽约的英国黑色电影放映季上，本片获得了美国影评人的高度赞扬，但是在此之前，本片一直鲜有人知，因此被认为是一部被忽略的1940年代英国电影杰作。《The Village Voice》夸赞本片是一部“描绘‘困境’与‘未遂心愿’的杰作，在闪回和多重叠加叙事方面极具创新性，韦瑟斯与麦卡勒姆的表演也精彩至极”。《Time Out》则评价本片是“令人无比兴奋的一部作品！一部生气十足却又凄惨无望的惊悚片，罗伯特·哈默的这部伦敦底层阶级乱炖所伴随的残忍无情与精准无误十分激荡人心，这是大部分电影都不敢尝试的，更别说能实现这一点了”。本片从一个阴雨连绵的周末清晨开始讲起，生活在伦敦东区的家庭主妇萝丝·桑迪盖特（乔姬·韦瑟斯 饰）偶然得知了汤米·斯万（约翰·麦卡勒姆 饰）逃狱的事情，萝丝不禁回想起往事，原来她与汤米曾是旧日情人，差一点便迈入婚姻殿堂，但就在俩人订婚后不久，汤米突然锒铛入狱，萝丝只好另嫁他人,令她没想到的是，逃狱后的汤米居然登门求助，念及旧情的萝丝只好将他藏匿在自己的卧室中。萝丝的丈夫乔治·桑迪盖特（爱德华·查普曼 饰）与前妻生有两个女儿——薇和多丽丝，薇怀有唱歌梦，与在乐队工作的已婚男人莫里·海姆斯暧昧不清，多丽丝则被海姆斯的兄弟卢看上，卢邀请她去夜总会工作，多丽丝的男朋友泰德因此与她大吵一架。福瑟吉尔警官一边追查汤米的下落，一边调查一起仓库失窃案，犯下失窃案的正是在东区游荡的怀提一帮人，他们为了转手赃物想尽办法，最终却被老尼斯利占了便宜，为了报仇，怀提决定暴力抢劫老尼斯利。到了深夜，萝丝打算帮助汤米逃跑，不料突然登门拜访的记者令萝丝陷入不知所措的困境。

　　在过度拥挤的西门监狱里，暴力和恐惧是基本的游戏准则。并且监狱长比看守和囚犯的首领有较少的力量,。最难对付的的囚犯是坚硬顽固的乔·科林斯。重要的是，乔怨恨首要卫兵上尉Munsey, 一位狭隘独裁的拥有绝对权力者。稍微违规违, 乔和他的伙伴们就要受苦了。但有次大屠杀反而成就了他们的逃命计划。

　　一位著名的神经外科医生向他的学生讲述了他与一位已婚女子的风流韵事，以及在风流韵事结束后，这名女子某天从窗户摔下去而死。外科医生怀疑她是被谋杀的，并开始寻找杀害她的凶手。但是他并不打算把疑犯交给警察，而是计划向凶手复仇。

　　曾在西班牙杀过人的水手Michael O'Hara（奥逊·威尔斯 Orson Welles 饰）回到了纽约，一天夜里他在路上救了遭到打劫的美女Elsa（丽塔·海华斯 Rita Hayworth 饰），于是Elsa让她的丈夫，律师Arthur Bannister（埃弗雷特·斯隆 Everett Sloane 饰）找到Michael，让他来船上当水手。Bannister一家刚从上海回到纽约，正要坐船前往旧金山。在海上航行的时候，Michael和Elsa情愫暗生。而Michael也认识了Arthur的朋友George Grisby（Glenn Anders 饰）。George知道Michael曾经杀过人后，想让Michael再杀一个人，并承诺给他五千美元的佣金，而他想让Michael杀的人，就是George自己。原来George想制造自己已经死了的假象，然后从现在的生活和他的妻子身边逃走。两人的计划看起来天衣无缝，George却失手杀死了Arthur的管家，随后George也真的被杀。Michael被认为是两个死者的凶手，法庭上，为Michael辩论的却是他的情敌Arthur，到底谁才是杀死George的真正凶手？

　　The history of Danish country church architecture is told by showing scenes of how the church was used by the congregation, beginning with the celebration of mass in a small and simple wooden church 800 years ago, and ending with the congregation singing in a village church of to-day. The development and the growth of the pattern of church architecture is shown.　　Dreyer in this film shows a series of churches from different periods with churchgoers in period clothing. Each period is separated by a shot of a church bell double-exposed on the sky. Although the film has a vibrant and instructive way of communicating the different epochs and styles to students, it does not exhibit the artistic quality that usually distinguishes a Dreyer film, except perhaps in some of the costumes, which were originally made for Day of Wrath.　　The board of Dansk Kulturfilm in autumn 1945 decided that their planned church film would exclusively be about village churches. Dreyer would rework the script that was written by editor and folk high-school principal Bernhard Jensen, aided by a committee of experts consisting of architect H. Lønborg-Jensen and Victor Hermansen, curator at the National Museum of Denmark. Dreyer had a first draft ready in mid-March, entitled Kirken er et gammelt Hus ("The Church Is an Old House"), which was distributed to the members of the committee for their comments.　　In the last half of July, Dreyer and Victor Hermansen travelled the country to look at suitable churches. They researched the details and at Dreyer’s request a number of technical changes were made to the churches, including the removal of porcelain holders for electrical wiring in Tveje Merløse Church.　　On 4 July, Dreyer went in advance to Ringkøbing. Shooting was set to start a few days later with the arrival of the director of photography, Preben Frank, who had fallen off a ladder and broken his leg, Fortunately, he was ready to cautiously start working again within a few days, with his leg in a cast.　　Otherwise, the production went without a glitch. Everywhere, Dreyer said, they were well received at the vicarages and they had no problem getting enough extras. On 1 august, they returned to Copenhagen with almost all their footage in the can. They only needed to film the church in Skelby, where the weather had been against them, plus a Swedish wooden church in Hedared. The economy was distressed so soon after the war, especially when it came to foreign currency, but there were no real wooden churches left in Denmark and building an interior set in the studio would be too expensive.　　The finished film was shown for the first time on 24 September 1947 to a small, closed circle, which included the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs. In December 1947, as was Dansk Kulturfilm’s standard practice, the film was presented to the press, politicians and others on a programme with four other short films.

　　Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away, is completely despondent. Seven years earlier, obstreperous Alexander Blom, brings his mistress Sally to live with him, his wife Alice, son Johannes, and crew, aboard the salvage boat he captains. Amidst all the tensions on the small boat, Johannes and Sally fall in love with each other. Written by Will Gilbert

　　

　　因争风吃醋被关入监狱的加林多•拉米列斯（豪尔赫•内格莱特 Jorge Negrete 饰）与同伴越狱来到何塞•恩里克（佛朗西斯科•加姆布里那 Francisco Jambrina 饰）的油田打工赚钱。何塞•恩里克因拒绝将油田卖给当地的垄断石油公司，在大赌场的老板埃尔（阿方索•贝多亚 Alfonso Bedoya 饰）和舞女卡米利亚（茉荷•芭尔芭 Meche Barba 饰）的陷害下神秘失踪。何塞•恩里克的妹妹，歌手默西迪丝（丽贝塔•拉玛克 Libertad Lamarque 饰）从阿根廷前来探望兄长，在得知噩耗后化名潜入大赌场调查真相，却与油田的新晋管理加林多产生了误会。二人能终释前嫌共同对抗垄断石油公司吗？　　本片是路易斯•布努艾尔沉寂15年移居墨西哥后所拍摄的第一部电影。