战争夺去了医生叶丽莎的丈夫。然而，个人的悲痛并没有使她倒下，她清楚地了解生活的意义，了解自己的责任是拯救人的生命。她忘我地劳动着，把病人的痛苦当作自己的痛苦，与一切保守、落后、个人主义的思想进行着斗争。她的同行阿卡宁一再跟她纠缠，追求她。但是她看出阿卡宁是个自私自利的人。他的英俊的外貌掩盖不了渺小、卑微的灵魂，她拒绝了…

The film is a modern-day film noir in which the sardonic, ginsoaked detective contends with an odd cast of characters while tailing a mysterious, middle-aged man traveling with a Mexican boy from Chicago to Los Angeles. John Rosow is a Chicago gumshoe whose skill for cracking a case often comes with a price; he has a p…