C. C. Baxter（杰克·莱蒙 Jack Lemmon饰）是纽约一个大公司的小职员，他的单身公寓经常被公司的高层们用去当作幽会的场所，Baxter也因此获得不少升迁的机会。Baxter暗恋着公司的电梯女郎Fran Kubelik（雪莉·麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine 饰），这天他终于鼓起勇气约了她晚上一起去看一出戏剧。然而Baxter等了一晚却未见Fran的踪影，原来Fran是公司的高管有妇之夫Jeffery Sheldrake（弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray饰）的地下情人，那晚他们还在Baxter的公寓幽会。Jeffery信誓旦旦向Fran表示，他将和他的妻子离婚然后和她名正言顺地在一起。Fran相信了，然而几个星期后她又从Jeffery的上一任情人知晓了Jeffery所说的不过是个谎言。另一方面，在一个夜里，当Baxter回到他家的时候，意外地发现Fran竟倒在他的床上，并且服了很多安眠药企图自杀......
　　本片获1960年奥斯卡十项提名，赢得包括最佳导演、最佳影片在内的五项大奖。

　　海伦（卡洛·朗白 Carole Lombard 饰）拥有美丽的外貌和善良的个性，但唯一的缺点就是喜欢撒谎。肯尼斯（弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray 饰）是海伦的丈夫，同时也是一名律师，和海伦恰恰相反，肯尼斯是一个非常实事求是的男人，绝对不会给满口谎言之人做辩护。
　　为了补贴家用，海伦瞒着肯尼斯偷偷找了一份做秘书的工作，哪知道她的雇主是一个打色狼，在他企图对海伦图谋不轨之后，海伦打了他。哪知道第二天竟然传来了他的死讯，海伦不幸成为了最大嫌疑人遭到了逮捕。肯尼斯决定为自己的妻子辩护，可是面对丈夫的质问，海伦又开始不受控制的鬼话连篇起来。

　　海伦（卡洛·朗白 Carole Lombard 饰）拥有美丽的外貌和善良的个性，但唯一的缺点就是喜欢撒谎。肯尼斯（弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray 饰）是海伦的丈夫，同时也是一名律师，和海伦恰恰相反，肯尼斯是一个非常实事求是的男人，绝对不会给满口谎言之人做辩护。
　　为了补贴家用，海伦瞒着肯尼斯偷偷找了一份做秘书的工作，哪知道她的雇主是一个打色狼，在他企图对海伦图谋不轨之后，海伦打了他。哪知道第二天竟然传来了他的死讯，海伦不幸成为了最大嫌疑人遭到了逮捕。肯尼斯决定为自己的妻子辩护，可是面对丈夫的质问，海伦又开始不受控制的鬼话连篇起来。

　　Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial?

　　Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial?

　　On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob

　　On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob