簡介：19世紀的紐約，上流階層的人士有著一套自己的判斷標準和生活規(guī)則，要求體面、得體。年輕律師紐倫（Daniel Day-Lewis 飾）也不例外，他將與門當戶對的千金小姐梅（Winona Ryder 飾）訂婚。然而在訂婚前夕，他與梅的表姐、剛剛離婚自歐洲回到紐約的艾倫（米歇 爾·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer 飾）重逢，二人 一見如故，情愫頓生。然而艾倫的大膽行為和追求自我的作風(fēng)是不被那個上流社會所接納和允許的，在大家的眼中她是一個討人厭的怪物。紐倫卻意識到這種性格的可貴，并且被這種性格所折服，如果不能和所愛的人在一起，如果一生不是為自己而是為禮數(shù)為體面而活，人生將是多么的空虛和蒼白。紐倫想和艾倫私奔，然而梅卻懷孕了。雖然想追求屬于自己的幸福，但是卻同樣不想傷害他人的這對愛人，最終選擇了放手。紐倫和梅結(jié)婚了，脾氣和順的梅一直處于無辜的中心。然而直到梅的死去，他們才看見了事物的另一面……

簡介：The direction of The Sleeping Tiger was credited to Victor Hanbury, but this was actually a pseudonym for the blacklisted Joseph Losey, whose first British film this was. Alexander Knox stars as psychiatrist Clive Esmond, who believes that he can stem the criminal tendencies of young fugitive from justice Frank Clements (Dirk Bogarde). To this end, Esmond hides Clements in his own home. At first hostile towards the handsome crook, Esmond's wife Glenda (Alexis Smith) gradually warms up to her house guest, and before long she and Clements are casting lustful glances at one another. She intends to run off with Clements and make a new life for herself, when suddenly he decides that he actually wants to reform. If nothing else, The Sleeping Tiger is a fascinating precursor to the sexual tensions prevalent in Losey's later Harold Pinter adaptations. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

簡介：An engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister.