琼（贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰）是衔着金汤匙出生的千金小姐，她的生活虽然富足，但并不快乐，因为她缺少一样东西，那就是自由。一次偶然中，琼邂逅了名为艾伦（杰克·卡森 Jack Carson 饰）的乐队指挥，琼一下子被他的风度翩翩给吸引了，两人火速发生了关系，并且决定私奔结婚。　　女儿的失踪令琼的父亲感到非常的着急，他找来了技术十分了…

During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives o…